| Safety in its mass produced cars is the main | | | | accidental release of the belt during crashes |
| priority of Volvo. This company has been long | | | | which will put the occupant in grave danger |
| enough in the business to know how much it | | | | of being thrown out of the car in a worst |
| means to keep your consumers safe in cases of | | | | case scenario. In response to the findings |
| crashes or collisions. They have set the | | | | of Which?, Volvo has promised to take steps |
| standard again and again in car safety with | | | | to improve their seatbelt buckle design. |
| their innovative safety systems. Their | | | | |
| dedication to the safety of their consumers | | | | Other car manufactures that have received the |
| led them to invest in a facility that is | | | | same comments for their design of seatbelt |
| dedicated solely in developing safety systems | | | | buckles are Chrysler, Honda, Mitsubishi, |
| that their cars in production will employ. | | | | Nissan, and Subaru. As of now, not one of |
| Time and time again, the company has come up | | | | these companies has responded to the |
| with newer safety features that are now | | | | challenge to redesign their seatbelt buckles |
| anchored in technological advances, safety | | | | in the interest of safety. The report from |
| systems now rely heavily on its electronic | | | | the said organization also states that some |
| controls. | | | | new Volkswagen models still has sliding front |
| | | | seats that can be released accidentally by |
| While numerous safety features abound in the | | | | the feet of passengers sitting on the rear of |
| cars mass produced by the Sweden-based car | | | | these sliding seats. This problem is still |
| manufacturer are relying on electronic | | | | found today even though it has already been |
| sensors and modules, still the best | | | | brought to the attention of the car |
| protection in keeping the occupants of a car | | | | manufacturer more than a couple of years |
| depends on the design and construction of the | | | | back. |
| frame and chassis of these cars. Volvo belts | | | | |
| and airbags also play major roles in the | | | | While there are still car models that still |
| protection of the car's passengers and | | | | has safety problems, the report also cited |
| drivers during crashes. The complete lineup | | | | that the present cars in production are |
| of airbags on all Volvo car models covers all | | | | getting safer and safer and have certainly |
| the occupants of the car. The three-point | | | | come a long way from their predecessors that |
| seatbelt design being used by Volvo on their | | | | lacks rear seat belts as a standard feature. |
| cars is one of the safest and best in any car | | | | These previous vehicles employ no airbags at |
| being produced today. However, a consumer | | | | all and have few head restraints. This shows |
| watchdog recently announced that there is | | | | that the automotive industry has come a long |
| still room for improvement in the seatbelt's | | | | way in addressing the safety problems of the |
| design. | | | | past. |
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| "Which?", an organization which studies | | | | Coming this far is not enough though and car |
| consumer products to help guide the public, | | | | manufacturers are working on ways to |
| conducted studies on different popular car | | | | eliminate further the problems in the safety |
| makes and singled out the 2006 Volvo S80 as a | | | | aspect of their cars being produced. This |
| prime example of popular car models with | | | | effort can be seen on Volvo's positive |
| safety problems. While the car has been | | | | response to the criticism it got for its |
| rated as a safe car by other agencies, the | | | | seatbelt buckle design, and the company's |
| consumer watchdog cited that it has poor belt | | | | newly developed safety system, the City |
| buckle design both in the front and the rear | | | | Safety system, aims to cut down in half the |
| seats. This design flaw can lead to the | | | | number of low-speed collisions. |