Car design, safety
One of the first automobile trials occurred in the year 1770, it involved a 3-wheeled, steam propelled carriage as constructed by French engineer, Nicolas Cugnot. During it's first test run it was involved in an accident. This has led eventually to the many vehicles we see today and the safety features designed for them.Crumple zones or crush zones at the front and the rear of the car and serve to help absorb the shock of impact in a car crash. They do this by bending and crumpling up, as the name suggests, effectively absorbing some of the crash energy, and dissipating the effect of the crash on its occupants in the safety cage of the vehicle. The crushing of the front or rear of the car during impact increases the length of the deceleration allowing the passenger to experience less extreme forces than if they had a more abrupt halt. The collapsible steering column is an innovation that helps prevent driver injury, (e.g. injuries such as the steering column driving the wheel up into the face or upper body of the driver, even with the airbag this can be unfortunate, as it may be more difficult to get them out of the wreck.) In most collapsible steering columns part of the steering column is solid a
"Antilock Braking System" or "ABS", were designed to help prevent road incidents, by stopping the cars wheels from locking up when the brakes are suddenly applied. Causing the car to skid, resulting in possible loss of control, increased stopping time and on irregular surfaces, possible loss of stability if the vehicle starts spinning. Many drivers of ABS equipped cars make the mistake of pumping the brakes while coming to a stop, but there is no need to, in actual fact this may lessen the effectiveness of braking. When ABS is functioning the driver should notice the brake pedal pulsating, if antilock braking system fails to engage, brakes will return to standard functioning. TREAD: Provides traction and cornering grip
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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