Manufacturing Industry
Safety nets. (Automotive Engineering).
Design News, April, 2003 by Ogando, Joseph
AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY HAS COME ALONG WAY SINCE DRIVERS FIRST STARTED BUCKLING UP A HALF CENTURY AGO.
But safety systems still have a long way to go. Even with increasingly advanced air bags and crash management technologies, more than 42,000 drivers perished on American roads in 2001, the most recent year for which the federal government has compiled fatality statistics. To that deadly tally, add many more thousands of injuries. Consumers have taken notice and have become eager readers of government and independent safety ratings.
With safety information increasingly influencing buy decisions, advanced safety systems now promise to push their way into more segments of the auto industry than ever.
In the future, automotive safety systems...
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