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A crash cushion installed on a motorway exit in Italy. An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Impact attenuators are designed to absorb the colliding vehicle's kinetic energy.
Sicking holds 30 patents, [2] the five most significant of which are: the first energy absorbing guardrail terminal, [3] the first crash cushion without sacrificial energy absorbents, [4] the first guardrail capable of containing large SUV's, [5] a trailer mounted impact attenuator, [6] and NASCAR's Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER ...
A collision avoidance system (CAS), also known as a pre-crash system, forward collision warning system (FCW), or collision mitigation system, is an advanced driver-assistance system designed to prevent or reduce the severity of a collision. [2]
To provide crash protection for occupants not wearing seat belts, United States airbag designs trigger much more forcefully than airbags designed to the international ECE standards used in most other countries. Recent "smart" airbag controllers can recognize if a seat belt is used, and alter the airbag cushion deployment parameters accordingly ...
Kalogon believes it can mitigate this common but potentially life-threatening condition with a smart cushion that prevents any one part of the body from being compressed for too long — and it ...
Dry January is a challenge started in 2013 to eliminate alcohol from your diet. This is what you need to know about the health benefits.
The European New Car Assessment Program "strongly recommends" that people buy cars fitted with stability control. The IIHS requires that a vehicle must have ESC as an available option in order for it to qualify for their Top Safety Pick award for occupant protection and accident avoidance.
Some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks are facing hurdle after hurdle on the road to confirmation but not those on his economic team (at least so far).