Tag: Safety

Why Are Auto Manufacturers Protecting Very Large Adults but not Small Children.

At The TRACY Firm child safety is a personal issue because there have been so many children that should have walked away from otherwise survivable accidents. Vehicle manufacturers have the expertise, institutional knowledge, test facilities and financial ability to conduct the necessary testing and engineering analysis to protect children. More importantly,

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Texas’ Vehicle Defect and Safety Watchdog

Renowned Trial Lawyer Fights To Protect Vehicle Accident Victims Whose Safety Systems Have Failed Thousands of people are catastrophically injured or killed each year on America’s roadways. On some occasions, no vehicle safety design principle would have prevented the serious injury or death. On many other occasions, however, vehicle safety

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Vehicle Aggressivity Vs. Vehicle Crash Worthiness

Vehicle manufacturers have been studying the concept of vehicle aggressivity for decades. In 1972, a Renault engineer introduced the idea of vehicle aggressiveness in an ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle) paper – “taking account of all of the people in an accident, not just those in one of the vehicles.”

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What can be done to protect children against airbags?

The easiest solution is to place children under 12 in the rear seat, as recommended since November, 1996, by the federal government. Unfortunately, this is a band-aid fix because the rear seat poses serious restraint fit problems for small occupants. Besides, many vehicles do not contain a rear seat. Also, some

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