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The book has continuing relevance: it addressed what Nader perceived as the political lobbying of the car industry to oppose new safety features, which was later seen in the 1990s with mandatory airbags in the United States, and industry efforts by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to delay the introduction of crash tests ...
The driver was ejected from the Corvette during the crash and seriously injured, state patrol said. Corvette left ripped apart in brutal street-racing crash, Florida cops say. One charged
Canada has a system of analogous rules called the Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS), which overlap substantially but not completely in content and structure with the FMVSS. The FMVSS/CMVSS requirements differ significantly from the international UN requirements, so private import of foreign vehicles not originally manufactured to ...
The C5-generation Corvette hit the streets for the 1997 model year, and is notable for introducing the world to General Motors's LS family of engines with the 5.7-liter LS1 V8. That engine ...
Kathy Chavez, 45, was heading to work when her car was hit by a Corvette that police said was speeding through a red light. The crash sent debris flying dozens of feet and left both vehicles mangled.
Including the prototype SN 600, a total of eight Corvettes are recorded as having been written-off in crashes. [25] The worst loss of life in a Corvette crash was on 3 September 1979, when an SN 601 of Sterling Airways crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Nice following a double engine failure. All ten occupants were killed.
The crash was captured by a dash camera of a nearby driver on an Israel highway, with the video clip posted to the C8 Corvette Owners (And Friends) Facebook page on February 5th. In the clip, rain ...
The terms "active" and "passive" are simple but important terms in the world of automotive safety. "Active safety" is used to refer to technology assisting in the prevention of a crash and "passive safety" to components of the vehicle (primarily airbags, seatbelts and the physical structure of the vehicle) that help to protect occupants during a crash.