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