When driving a car, we think of prevention as the best way to avoid an accident. Driving the speed limit, respecting traffic signals not make risky overtaking or hard braking are some actions that, as preventive drivers, do every day, also avoiding being involved in an unfortunate accident.
But, and in case it happens, is our car prepared for a collision?
Thousands of traffic accidents occur in our country year after year. Driving is a high risk activity that not only generates damages but also injuries and deaths of drivers, passengers and bystanders. That is why we must drive a vehicle that not only has the necessary mechanisms to avoid a traffic accident but one that, in case it happens, lessen its effects on the driver, its occupants and others involved in this fact.
These mechanisms are included in the active and passive safety of a vehicle, a concept that started talking in the fifties when automakers realized that not only had to make luxury cars but also safe. From that moment, elements were incorporated that made the driving more efficient, safe and comfortable.
Although it is estimated that in 83% of traffic accidents the responsible driver is the driver, an unsafe car can also cause magnitude of the damages caused by the collision. Therefore, we must pay attention to the elements of active and passive safety of the vehicle to be our help in case we suffer a traffic accident.
In the following article, you know the elements of active and passive safety of the vehicle and its functions to protect you in case of a traffic accident.
ACTIVE SAFETY: PREVENTING ACCIDENTS
The elements that are part of the active safety of the vehicle are responsible for maintaining control of it and properly perform the actions taken by the driver to avoid traffic accidents. These include:
Brakes: They are responsible to stop the vehicle when obstacles to this circulation are presented.
Tires: Ensure adherence and vehicle control, even in adverse weather conditions. They have great responsibility in the braking of the vehicle and cushion the vibrations that it produces.
Suspension: Ensures 4 – wheel contact with the road. It gives you stability in driving.
Address: It gives you all the maneuverability required the driver to drive your vehicle efficiently.
Lighting: It gives the driver the ability to see and be seen by other drivers. Avoid traffic accidents in low or no visibility conditions.
Climate Control: regulates the temperature inside the car. It is an active safety element because it guarantees attention in the exercise of driving by avoiding fatigue in the driver (when the interior temperature is 5 degrees warmer than the outside is very likely to occur these effects on who drives the vehicle).
PASSIVE SECURITY: REDUCING DAMAGES
The elements involved in the Passive Safety of a vehicle have a fundamental function for the safety of the driver and the passengers that travel in it: to cushion the possible damages occurred in the traffic accident and to minimize the impact and consequences of the same. For this, they have created a series of objects designed so that, in the event of a traffic accident, the life and integrity of the people traveling in it are protected.
These are:
Airbag: Air bags are airbags that inflate in milliseconds to reduce contact of the driver or passengers inside the vehicle in case of a strong impact. In addition, it absorbs part of the kinetic energy of the driver and passengers at the moment of the crash and avoids cervical injuries by avoiding very pronounced head movements. They can be side, air belt (seatbelt with airbag included) or curtain (arranged in the headrest).
Seat belts: They are responsible for retaining in a firm position to passengers of a vehicle and prevent thrown out in the event of a collision. Studies indicate that suffering a traffic accident without wearing a seat belt is tantamount to falling from a third floor. In Colombia, not wearing a seat belt leads to a fine of 30 legal minimum daily salaries
Head Restraints: Evita, in a traffic accident, the effect called “whiplash” or cervical injury that affects the neck and back of the person, due to hyperflexion or hypertension neck at the time of the accident.
Body design and chassis: Through the design of the fuse points can be a programmed at the time of an impact so that energy is not transmitted into the passenger compartment of the vehicle avoiding serious injury deformation driver and passengers.
Active and passive safety of a vehicle
When driving a car, we think of prevention as the best way to avoid an accident. Driving the speed limit, respecting traffic signals not make risky overtaking or hard braking are some actions that, as preventive drivers , do every day, also avoiding being involved in an unfortunate accident.
But, and in case it happens, is our car prepared for a collision?
Thousands of traffic accidents occur in our country year after year. Driving is a high risk activity that not only generates damages but also injuries and deaths of drivers, passengers and bystanders. That is why we must drive a vehicle that not only has the necessary mechanisms to avoid a traffic accident but one that, in case it happens, lessen its effects on the driver, its occupants and others involved in this fact.
These mechanisms are included in the active and passive safety of a vehicle, a concept that started talking in the fifties when automakers realized that not only had to make luxury cars but also safe. From that moment, elements were incorporated that made the driving more efficient, safe and comfortable.
Although it is estimated that in 83% of traffic accidents the responsible driver is the driver, an unsafe car can also cause magnitude of the damages caused by the collision. Therefore, we must pay attention to the elements of active and passive safety of the vehicle to be our help in case we suffer a traffic accident.
In the following article, you know the elements of active and passive safety of the vehicle and its functions to protect you in case of a traffic accident.
ACTIVE SAFETY: PREVENTING ACCIDENTS
The elements that are part of the active safety of the vehicle are responsible for maintaining control of it and properly perform the actions taken by the driver to avoid traffic accidents. These include:
Brakes: They are responsible to stop the vehicle when obstacles to this circulation are presented.
Tires: Ensure adherence and vehicle control, even in adverse weather conditions. They have great responsibility in the braking of the vehicle and cushion the vibrations that it produces.
Suspension: Ensures 4 – wheel contact with the floor. It gives you stability in driving.
Address: It gives you all the maneuverability required the driver to drive your vehicle efficiently.
Lighting: It gives the driver the ability to see and be seen by other drivers. Avoid traffic accidents in low or no visibility conditions. To learn how to use the lights in your vehicle.
Climate Control: regulates the temperature inside the car. It is an active safety element because it guarantees attention in the exercise of driving by avoiding fatigue in the driver (when the interior temperature is 5 degrees warmer than the outside is very likely to occur these effects on who drives the vehicle).
PASSIVE SECURITY: REDUCING DAMAGES
The elements involved in the Passive Safety of a vehicle have a fundamental function for the safety of the driver and the passengers that travel in it: to cushion the possible damages occurred in the traffic accident and to minimize the impact and consequences of the same. For this, they have created a series of objects designed so that, in the event of a traffic accident, the life and integrity of the people traveling in it are protected. These are:
Airbag: Air bags are airbags that inflate in milliseconds to reduce contact of the driver or passengers inside the vehicle in case of a strong impact. In addition, it absorbs part of the kinetic energy of the driver and passengers at the moment of the crash and avoids cervical injuries by avoiding very pronounced head movements. They can be side, air belt (seatbelt with airbag included) or curtain (arranged in the headrest).
Seat belts: They are responsible for retaining in a firm position to passengers of a vehicle and prevent thrown out in the event of a collision. Studies indicate that suffering a traffic accident without wearing a seat belt is tantamount to falling from a third floor. In Colombia, not wearing a seat belt leads to a fine of 30 legal minimum daily salaries.
Head Restraints: Evita, in a traffic accident, the effect called “whiplash” or cervical injury that affects the neck and back of the person, due to hyperflexion or
hypertension neck at the time of the accident.
Body design and chassis: Through the design of the fuse points can be a programmed at the time of an impact so that energy is not transmitted into the passenger compartment of the vehicle avoiding serious injury deformation driver and passengers.
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
To ensure that your vehicle has the necessary tools to ensure your safety while driving, you need to perform preventive maintenance on your vehicle. For that, we recommend you take your vehicle to a specialized center to carry out:
Every six months, perform the alignment and rolling of your vehicle in a specialized center. This guarantees the condition of the tires. Annually reviews the state of the brakes.
Also, every 3 months check the electrical system of your vehicle.
The passive safety elements are checked by electronic warning signals on the vehicle dashboard. Check your owner’s manual how to check these systems. Whenever you feel strange noises or abnormal operation of these systems, go to a specialized service center and consult with an expert on the subject.