New Safety Feature Ideas

[carpro1017]

A place where you can add your life-saving safety feature ideas!!


Mine: In most fatal car accidents, the driver or passenger is killed by too much cabin intrusion, and a way to prevent this cause of automotive fatalities is to mount the seats on a second rail that when cabin intrusion reaches a certain point the secondary rail gives out and allows the seat to move back and out of the way of the steering wheel or other dashboard parts, the only flaw in this plan is that there has to be a way that rear seat passengers arent harmed by the seat moving back, but the idea could save thousands of lives, and that is why i submitted this.

Take Care!! JT

[KW-Admin]

Hello Josh!

That sounds like a terrific idea you have there. Maybe the solution would be to make the cabin somewhat larger in order for the front seat to move back & out of the way for the rear seat passengers so they do not get hurt. The best way to eliminate accidents altogether would be to get all of the Drunks & reckless drivers off the road for good! I bet that at least 75% of all accidents could be eliminated if the above happened. Drunk Drivers should be made to pay restitution for the injuries,deaths & damage they cause as they are the ones who choose to drink & as a result cause accidents. People who have medical conditions should not be penalized (if they had a Heart Attack or Stroke for example,while Driving) Just a restricted license that states they have such a condition in case a accident happens while they're driving. Take Care.

[KW-Admin]

This is not an original idea. On another safety forum I was reading a few months ago, the participants were discussing the pro/con of using Helmets while driving/riding in a car. Here are some of the pros & cons they were talking about.

Con's- Need helmets in different sizes for different folks & that could be a challenge & Driver's need a very clear field of vision with no obstructions in order to see anything & everything. especially, at intersections. Helmets need to be comfortable as not to interfere with a Driver's ability to drive their car. Another con here is that some folks might forget their helmets & leave them at home or lose them altogether. Also, some children may find helmets uncomfortable on long car rides & vacations.(Adults too)

The Pros of using a Helmet would be in case you're driving an older car with no shoulder belts & only Lap Belts.(a 65 Ford Mustang or even a Convertible) The helmet should prove to be beneficial in case your head were to hit the Dashboard or Windshield in the event of a collision. Same for Children who ride in the backseat of a Car with only a Lap Belt if their head was to hit a hard surface(one of the roof pillars or a Door Window for example) A rollover crash is another example of where a helmet can be beneficial to ones survival so that your Head does not hit anything hard & the helmet would absorb most, if not all of the collision forces in a Rollover Crash.(Just like a Racecar Driver) The next pro of a Helmet is in case a Shoulder Belt is worn out & does not keep your head from hitting the windshield or dashboard in a head-on collision. This most certainly would be a life saver in a situation such as this. So, as you can see a helmet could certainly be a life saver as long as it fits properly, you have a good range of vision, & of course you never lose or forget your helmet. Lets hear your thoughts about this. Take Care.

[dietsunkist]

I thought of the idea of an adaptive airbag that could sense how far back from the wheel or dashboard and deploy to 1"-3" of that, and vary the pressure so you would slow down at just the proper rate to not hit the dashboard. Airbags today have set pressure and deployment depth (GM has launched a design that is dual depth, but it mainly considers crash speed and occupant weight. ) This idea would reduce G's to an optimum level by using almost all of the space between the occupant and the dashboard or steering wheel.

[carpro1017]

That would be a life saving system, because some people are injured by the airbag, and if that system was used, it could prevent those injuries.

[KW-Admin]

Hello Jim!

You have a terrific idea that should be seriously considered. Have you thought about e-mailing the Automotive Companies your idea for possible consideration? It may be worth a try. With todays technology it would seem to be very possible to implement what you have described above. Take care.

[safety1st]

In case the driver avoid the steering wheel in an offset accident implant airbags in the side panels

[KW-Admin]

I think that some companies do have the technology to place Airbags in the side panels. Some cars now have Curtain Airbags for the Front & Backseats in case of a T-Bone Collision! Very helpful suggestion. Take Care.