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  2. Seat belt - Wikipedia

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    The first commercial car to use automatic seat belts was the 1975 Volkswagen Golf. [56] Automatic seat belts received a boost in the United States in 1977 when Brock Adams, United States Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration, mandated that by 1983 every new car should have either airbags or automatic seat belts.

  3. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American ...

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    Nader counters by pointing out that, at the time, annual (and unnecessary) styling changes added, on average, about $700 to the consumer cost of a new car (equivalent to $6,800 in 2023). This compared to an average expenditure in safety by the automotive companies of about twenty-three cents per car (equivalent to $2.22 in 2023). [5]: p187

  4. Collision avoidance system - Wikipedia

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    2010: "Front Assist" on 2011 Volkswagen Touareg can brake the car to a stop in case of an emergency and tension the seat belts as a precautionary measure. [ 69 ] 2012: Volkswagen Golf Mk7 introduced a "Proactive Occupant Protection" that will close the windows and retract the safety belts to remove excess slack if the potential for a forward ...

  5. Anti-lock braking system - Wikipedia

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    A Combined Braking System therefore distributes the brake force also to the non-braked wheel to lower the possibility of a lock-up, increase deceleration and reduce suspension pitch. With a single [rear] CBS the brake pressure applied on the rear brake (pedal) is simultaneously distributed to the front wheel.

  6. 2009–2011 Toyota vehicle recalls - Wikipedia

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    The freeze-frames showed the parking brake, open-door, and seat belt warning lights on while the car was allegedly "accelerating" to 6,000 RPM, indicating that the car was actually not moving. [211] Media blog Gawker.com posted the photos and stated, "the tachometer footage is faked". [ 211 ]

  7. Tell-tale (automotive) - Wikipedia

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    Many vehicles have a red tell-tale to indicate that the parking brake is engaged or that there is a fault with the vehicle's braking system. [7] This tell-tale in most cases bears the ISO symbols for a parking brake and for a braking system emergency. In the past, US regulations required this tell-tale to bear the legend brake. [10]

  8. Brake fade - Wikipedia

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    Brake fade can be a factor in any vehicle that utilizes a friction braking system including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, and bicycles. Brake fade is caused by a buildup of heat in the braking surfaces and the subsequent changes and reactions in the brake system components and can be experienced with both drum brakes and disc ...

  9. Brake lining - Wikipedia

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    The brake lining may also become contaminated by oil or leaked brake fluid. Typical symptoms will be brake chatter, where the pads vibrate as the lining grabs and releases the rotor's surface. The solution is to repair and clean the source of the contamination, replace the damaged pads and possibly also have the rotors re-skimmed or replaced if ...

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