Car Safety

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 135. Chapters: Understeer, 2009¿2011 Toyota vehicle recalls, Traffic collision, Automobile handling, Driver's license, Automobile safety, Headlight flashing, Seat belt legislation, Unsafe at Any Speed, Vehicle inspection, Vehicle inspection in the United States, Multiple-vehicle collision, MOT test, Mobileye, Hydroplaning, Sudden unintended acceleration, L-plate, Click It or Ticket, List of countries by traffic-related death rate, Management systems for road safety, Seat belt legislation in the United States, Cable barrier, World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, Crash simulation, Traffic psychology, Oversteer, Solomon curve, Driver visibility, Hit and run, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Vehicle extrication, Bullbar, Roadside memorial, Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions, Hydraulic rescue tools, Road Traffic Act 1930, Vehicle inspection in Australia, Euro NCAP, Crash test, Jersey barrier, Intelligent vehicle technologies, Aurora, Blind spot, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Motor carrier safety rating, Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System, VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge, Polski Zwiazek Motorowy, Slip angle, Texas Transportation Institute, Head injury criterion, Moose test, Snow tires, Suzuki v. Consumers Union, Crash incompatibility, Pass Plus, Circle of forces, Dynamic rollover, Road Traffic Act 1934, Freeway Traffic Management System, Accident Investigation Board Norway, Roof crush, Hand signals, Isofix, Seat belt use rates by country, Experimental Safety Vehicle, Medical Psychological Assessment, Selective recruitment, Roadcraft, Rear-end collision, Side collision, Clunk Click Every Trip, Transport Accident Investigation Commission, Grit bin, National Car Test, Esuvee, Bundorf analysis, Intelligent car, Fishtailing, Advanced Driving Test, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108, Kansas City Scout, WHALE, Australasian New Car Assessment Program, Barrier transfer machine, Traffic Safety and the Driver, Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, Artificial Passenger, Hybrid III, Lifeguard, Center for Auto Safety, National Transportation Safety Committee, Minicar RSV, Swedish Accident Investigation Board, Vehicle Identity Check, Second impact, Self aligning torque, High and Mighty, Cornell Safety Car, Skidpad, Automobile safety rating, POLAR III, Seat belt use rates in the USA, Volvo VESC, Latin NCAP, Skid school, Driver's manual. Excerpt: Three separate but related recalls of automobiles by Toyota Motor Corporation occurred at the end of 2009 and start of 2010. Toyota initiated the recalls, the first two with the assistance of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), after reports that several vehicles experienced unintended acceleration. The first recall, on November 2, 2009, was to correct a possible incursion of an incorrect or out-of-place front driver's side floor mat into the foot pedal well, which can cause pedal entrapment. The second recall, on January 21, 2010, was begun after some crashes were shown not to have been caused by floor mat incursion. This latter defect was identified as a possible mechanical sticking of the accelerator pedal causing unintended acceleration, referred to as Sticking Accelerator Pedal by Toyota. The original action was initiated by Toyota in their Defect Information Report, dated October 5, 2009, amended January 27, 2010. Following the floor mat...