A new airbag has been designed, and its makers claim that its application will make drivers and passengers safer in the event of an accident.
The company touting the brand new airbags is PATEV Associates, a consulting firm working in cooperation with MBB International, the maker and patent holder of the technology. The new airbag, which is being promoted through a program called “Better Airbags,” was designed to eliminate the need for a pyrotechnic explosion that prompts the airbag to go off.
The new airbag works via implementation of a high speed valve. This valve can be adjusted to fit the driver and passenger of each vehicle. By adjusting volume and air flow, airbags could be geared toward different body types instead of the one size fits all approach currently employed by airbag manufacturers. Plus, the makers say that persons would not have to deal with possible dangers inherent with sudden carbon monoxide pollution.
This system could be updated in real time to reflect safety needs in the event of an accident. PATEV says that the airbag can be inflated multiple times as well. And after each accident, the new system can record the data associated with the incident, similar to an airplane’s black box.
I’ll be curious to see how safe such technology truly is as a San Bernardino personal injury lawyer. I’m a big supporter of innovative safety technologies, but one must also be wary of what’s basically a press release. If this device can truly make people safer, though, then as a car accident attorney in San Bernardino, I look forward to its implementation.
A pilot program being instituted by the state of Maryland aims to help parents protect their children from harm in the event of a motor vehicle collision.
Kids in Safety Seats, otherwise known as KISS, has created a program wherein parents will be able to get assistance with installing a child safety seat via Skype. To sign up, parents can simply call a phone number, make an appointment, and get a free Skype account. Then, starting on April 30 and depending on the time that the appointment was made, technicians will call the parents through Skype to assist them.
The parents can then position their video chat device, be it a smart phone or a laptop or a tablet, in a way that shows technicians the specific car seats and automobiles they are working with. Participants can expect to receive instruction on recalls, how to follow the instruction manual, usage of the harness, and the actual installation.
At first, the program will only be available Monday mornings. If its popularity grows, it might expand from there. Officials with KISS are hoping that this will be an easy alternative for parents that don’t necessarily have the time to make it all the way out to a car seat inspection event.
I’m glad to see programs like this as a car accident attorney in San Diego. In this age of constantly evolving technology, it’s vital that we figure out ways to use that technology to help people. There’s no word on if this program will expand to other states, but as a San Diego personal injury lawyer, I have my fingers crossed that it or something like it will become more prevalent across the country.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other highway safety organizations are hoping that technology combined with new policies can make automobile accidents a thing of the past.
This incredibly ambitious goal actually has a name, and that name is Toward Zero Deaths, or TZD. Using data from across the country in order to aid enforcement officials and mandate new safety standards, the NHTSA and various state departments of transportation think that they can prevent almost all car accidents in the future. They want the current rate of 1.14 fatalities per one million vehicle miles traveled to be brought down as low as it could possibly go.
To aid the TZD initiative, officials utilize what’s known as the Four E’s. This involves improving safety by improving enforcement, education, engineering, and emergency medical services. An analysis of the data that governs these four areas can help officials get a grasp on the problems along the highway and how to fix them.
All different sorts of analytics can help officials in determining new safety guidelines. We can now look at data regarding traffic volume, medical response times, education campaign success, and crash investigation, among other things. This allows numerous safety officials across different organizations to identify driving trends and correct problem areas.
Technological innovation is an important part of safety, and as a car accident lawyer in Fresno, I hope we can make great strides in keeping highways fit for travel. I know how vital such measures are as a Fresno personal injury lawyer.
A new service being offered in North Carolina seeks to help automobile owners get recall announcements that could end up saving their lives.
The measure is being called the Auto Recall Alert Service, and it is being offered by the North Carolina Consumers Council, a non-profit organization. Supporters of the organization and the new service claim that this new system will help those persons who have moved to North Carolina but failed to properly notify the manufacturer of their automobile. When this happens, the manufacturer might not be able to contact a consumer in the event of a recall. A similar thing could happen if a person buys a used car; the former owner might get the recall notice instead of the new one.
The Auto Recall Alert Service aims to change that. It works like this: members of the NCCC are allowed to sign up one or two vehicles. The alert service will then monitor recall alerts on a daily basis and inform the consumer if the vehicle or vehicles they registered pop up as being under investigation for a defect or has been outright recalled. The service will then notify the vehicle’s owner by way of text, mail, or email.
Considering how vital recall alerts are, I’m glad as a car accident attorney in Riverside to see a service that helps spread safety information. Unfortunately, this service only concerns North Carolina at the moment. This is why as a Riverside personal injury lawyer I do what I can to report any information that affects consumer safety across teh whole country.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into the efficacy of technology that would enable vehicles to communicate with both each other and stationary edifices in order to help prevent accidents on the road.
They currently have 3,000 cars undergoing rigorous testing in the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. This program is designed to test how reliable such vehicle to vehicle communication is. Known as V2V, the technology utilizes short-range transmitters to send data about speed and other information between vehicles. This information disperses at a rate of 10 times per second, ensuring that other automobiles are receiving data that is constantly up to date.
The other end of the spectrum is vehicle to infrastructure communication, known as V2I. Interacting with a GPS, work zones, accident sites, and even traffic signals, such technology could theoretically get you around upcoming traffic snarls and assist you with hitting nothing but green lights.
The testing still has awhile to go though. The Ann Arbor program is scheduled to continue until summer 2013. Once that testing has been concluded, officials can begin to discuss the ramifications of the technology and how to implement it on American roads.
As a San Bernardino car accident lawyer, I’m incredibly excited about this futuristic technology. Anything that can prevent automobile fatalities is fine by me. Although we might be a ways off from this advancement becoming widespread, I hope as a San Bernardino personal injury lawyer that the kinks can be worked out.
I stumbled across an interesting article today that discusses the various breakthroughs that have been made that improve the safety and durability of motorcycle helmets.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that, in 2008 alone, 1,829 lives were saved because the person on the motorcycle wore a helmet. Estimates place the fatality prevention rate at 37% for the driver and 41% for passengers.
Today’s advanced helmets help to reduce the huge amount of energy in the crash that would otherwise be directed to the brain. This happens thanks to a hard outer shell that disperses the energy and a foam lining which absorbs it. Improvements have been made to both of these layers, making a motorcycle rider safer than he or she has ever been.
In addition, built in communication, increased visibility range, and comfort all equate to a safer ride. One helmet even exists which purports to provide medical attention, in that it has cool down technology that prevents swelling of the brain immediately following a crash.
As a San Francisco car accident lawyer, though, I can tell you that all these safety advances are moot if you don’t wear the helmet in the first place. Not only that, but as a car accident lawyer in San Francisco, I can tell you that obeying the rules of the road is also integral in preventing a deadly accident.
