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“Car Safety”

Mar 15, 2013 01:20 PM ET // Nic Halverson
ORIGOSafe won't let your car start unless the phone is plugged in. ->
Mar 12, 2013 01:12 PM ET // Alyssa Danigelis
Temporarily blinded on the road? This wheel works like rumble strips on the highway. ->
Mar 8, 2013 03:06 PM ET // Sheila M. Eldred
Volvo's newest safety add-on brakes the car when it senses a collision with a cyclist. ->
May 24, 2012 11:39 AM ET // Marc Carter
The all-new 2013 Volvo V40 is the first car to receive a pedestrian airbag that attempts to protect people that are on the outside of the vehicle. In China 25 percent of traffic fatalities are pedestrians. In Europe the figure is 14 percent and in the USA 12 percent. Far larger numbers of pedestria...
Jan 26, 2012 09:09 PM ET // Alice Truong
Living in California comes with its perks: The temperature's fantastic all year round. The tech scene is lively and bustling. You have access to some of the greatest parks in the world. Thanks to a decade-old trusty Honda Accord, I've seen some of California's greatest treasures: the widest Sequoia...
May 3, 2012 06:35 PM ET // Alexander Davies
An airbag system kicked in to possibly save the life of a driver crashed his Audi A4- and the car won't let him forget it. That's because the four ring logo embedded into the steering fired directly into the man's arm, thoroughly branding him when the airbag inflated. The safety concerns around air...
Mar 28, 2012 02:00 PM ET // David Goodspeed
Coming soon to a 2013 Cadillac near you: Safer driving. Cadillac will roll out several new safety technologies when it launches the new XTS flagship sedan this spring followed by the ATS this summer. Up first will be a network of cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors working together to help driver...
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