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What Can Go Wrong With Your Vehicle’s Braking System?

By on April 30, 2009 in Car Maintenance, Car Parts, Car Tips

What Can Go Wrong With Your Vehicle’s Braking System? When problems occur within your car’s braking system, they can quickly become a safety issue. Even if you’re able to slow and stop your vehicle, small, barely-noticeable problems are usually warning signs that something serious is wrong, or soon will be. There are several ways in [...]

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Seat Belts: A Long History Of Driver Safety

By on April 21, 2009 in Car Tips

Seat Belts: A Long History Of Driver Safety When you climb into your vehicle, put the key into the ignition, and crank the engine, you probably click your seat belt into place without a second thought. Most of us do it by habit. We don’t consider – or even realize – the long history of [...]

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Some Popular Technologies For Improved Driver Safety

By on April 13, 2009 in Car Tips

Some Popular Technologies For Improved Driver Safety Automakers continue to push the envelope by designing their vehicles to be safer for drivers and passengers. In the past, seat belts and airbags were the primary means by which motorists were protected from injury. Today, a number of new – and maturing – technologies offer far greater [...]

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Airbag Design And Deployment

By on April 2, 2009 in Car Tips

Airbag Design And Deployment In today’s vehicles, the word “safety” brings to mind images of seat belts, broken glass, and mangled metal. However, this picture would be incomplete were it not for the innovative actions of Ford and General Motors with the introduction of the airbag in the early 1970s. They were originally designed to [...]

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The Value Of Vehicle Computer Chip Adjustments

By on March 24, 2009 in Car Maintenance, Car Parts, Car Tips

The Value Of Vehicle Computer Chip Adjustments For a modern automobile, computer-controlled goes hand in hand with horsepower. In earlier years, a few carburetor adjustments would translate into a performance boost. However, since the advent of electronic fuel injection and other technological advancements, systems under the hood of your vehicle are increasingly controlled by computers. [...]

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