Car safety is not only a guarantee of saving your life, but also an important factor in ensuring the overall safety of all road users: from drivers to pedestrians.
What is car safety and why this concept cannot be ignored
The safety level of a car is, first of all, the ratio of the technical condition to the degree of wear resistance of the vital mechanisms of the device, such as, for example, the steering or the braking system.
Not only the driver's life, but also the lives of all road users depends on how well the car works and what the probability of an unexpected breakdown is, since any unforeseen breakdown can lead to fatal consequences. Therefore, it is by no means possible to ignore such a concept as the safety of a car.
For some reason, drivers are considered to be the main culprits of almost all road accidents, although not every accident on the road is the result of careless or inattentive driving. Against the background of increased attention to drivers and their experience, length of service and general skills, such an important factor as the safety of the car is completely lost.
A negligent and frivolous attitude to the technical condition of a car is manifested not only by traffic participants and law enforcement agencies, but also by the drivers themselves. Although they, it would seem, should first of all think about safety, because we are talking, first of all, about their lives.
Active and passive vehicle safety
Car safety is usually divided into active and passive. Passive safety implies the degree to which the vehicle is prepared for the consequences of an accident. These include the presence and performance of airbags, the strength of the glass and car body, and other parameters that will help save life in an accident. Active safety is a concept of another level, which considers not the consequences of an accident, but the possibility of its occurrence. That is, it takes into account how accidentally dangerous the car is.
If we talk about the importance of car safety in terms of preserving life, then both active and passive safety should be taken into account. The only difference between them is that an actively safe car will help save life by protecting the driver from an accident, and a passively safe one - by "reinsurance" in the event of an accident. Of course, it is better when the car is safe from all sides and in all respects, therefore, when choosing a new car, one should think not only about its external advantages, power and endurance, but also the main vital parameter - safety.
