Which colour car would you prefer to have ? Does colour make a difference to the cars safety?

Research published today in the UK has suggested that white car drivers are less likely to have an accident, and are the safest to drive.





But does that mean that "white van man" is a myth ? (White van man is rupetedly a dangerous driver!)





Statistics can be used to say anything. Interested in your thoughts.|||don't get yellow





it attracts the flies|||I will not look at white black or green cars|||I guess you are asking about visibility? The two most visible colors are yellow and white. This is why most taxis are yellow. Some colors draw more attention, for example red cars are said to look like they are going faster and therefore get more speeding tickets. Regardless to color the driver is what makes the vehicle safe or unsafe.|||The worst colours are silver, grey and black since they blend with the background. Better having bright colours such as red, yellow or other metallic colours.|||I heard green cars were the most dangerous. There may be a correlation between colour and number of accidents but that doesn't mean there is any causation.





White vans are driven by more plasterers/builders etc than any other colour. It also happens to be that these people tend to be selfish drivers.





As for favourite colour, has to be silver for a car my friend|||Fire trucks in some cities are now mostly white or yellow to reduce accidents where dark red is harder to see at night.


I personally prefer a white car to reduce the summer heat load and to be more specific a white car with a silver roof and a flat black hood if I can see the hood from the driver's seat. Have repainted a school bus camper conversion and one long term owned car that way. Just the silver roof on the van with the snub hood.|||White,


because they can be seen very easily.


However, white van man is not a myth and you can add "Taxi drivers" to that as well. Theyare really dangerous people even in white taxis.|||personally based on colour i think black cars are the nicest but then again this might be true , based on the people around me the ones with white cars have had less accidents lol/.|||i know at one time in Germany, red cars cost more to insure, due to the higher accident rate. don't know if the same still holds. this could just be due to red being a popular colour, hence more red cars on the road. 'van man' would be more accurate now, (vans now appearing in a bigger range of colours) not to tar all van drivers with the same brush, but i have had a load of personal experience's with some plain dangerous driving from van drivers. as for the colour i would have. the only colour is black|||Depends where you are, I guess. I was told that white cars are the least safe because they are hardest to see at dusk/dawn or in foggy conditions, e.g. in U.K. I was told that bright red/scarlet is the safest, purely in terms of visibility.Also white cars are not always clean and so can be a grey colour.|||my favorite is "RED" ... but I've read that dark colored cars are most likely to have accident compared to light colored cars... but I still like "RED" because that is my favorite color on anything...|||red cars are statistically more likely to have an accident|||The color of the vehicle makes a difference in how far away it is seen clearly, as explained by Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_d鈥?/a>





Some colors are especially bad


* at night when poor lighting


* at dawn %26amp; dusk


* in urban settings





I would think that turn signals, brake lights, etc. might be more obvious when there is a contrast between them and the color of the car.





Tinted windows mean YOU do not see as well, especially at night.





Other factors than color include the shape of the vehicle, and whether it has a high or low center of mass (is it likely to roll-over, does it "hold the road" good?)|||I like silvery blue... ( Don't know if u understood me)... Saw it on a Lexus once, and it looked gorgeous.. And it is a very calm colour|||I know that red triggers anger, excitement, speed, so they probably have more crashes and more tickets.|||well its not a big thing that will cause an accident but yes darker colors are harder to see and probably more likely to to get hit...

Do I have to provide car safety seats for children I occasionally take to the doctor?

Child safety seats are required here in Georgia. Do I have to refuse to transport my neighbors when they have children with them, or is there some sort of exemption for people who don't have children?|||Have your neighbors provide the car safety seats. If the children are theirs, then they should pay for the safety seats and put them in your car.|||No, if the parents do not have carseats, they should not have their children in a car. You will be fined just like if you passenger does not have their seat belt fastened. Also if you have a wreck you will really be in deep doodoo when they sue you for damages.|||children only have to legally be in car seats when they are in their normal car. if it is not their normal form of transportation, then it is excepted for them not to travel in car seats. thats the law in england, i dont know if it varies in georgia

Where can I submite my idea which will increase the safety of the car?

I have an idea which I believe that will increase the safety of the car. But I don't know any proper channel to submit my idea. I don't wish to apply for patent as I don't have finical support to do so. So please advice me any channel through which I submit my idea to car designer %26amp; engineers.|||Before you submit your idea which will increase the safety of


cars, you got to have it assessed by the local transport ministry


division whether it's worth the implementation by car industries


(local or foreign).


Assuming it is worth the implementation, then you can proceed


with your idea to the right channel, like the implementation unit


of ministry of transport or the foreign car industries which you


can look up in the internet for the website address.


Best of luck!|||U.S. Patent Office|||you can log to site of honda or toyota or BMW or even hyundai and maruti or even general motors or any good automobile co. web page and you have customer feedback column from where you can write directly to the PRO's of Co. who pass the messages to Concern depts





you can try your luck in this place|||it depends on how good the idea actually is, if it can be cheaply done car companies may use it. Unfortunately i believe they will steal any good ideas that are given to them, that is why i am holding back my ideas untill i can afford patents. Your best option is to poll people and ask them to rate your idea, if people give it high ratings you may beable to get a bank loan to pay for the patent. Trust me getting the patent will pay off if the idea is good, i used to work for a company owned by a billionare, he invented and patented the plastic screw.|||Ask all the big companies to invest in your idea so that you will have enough money to support your idea to work and obtain a patent.|||email the auto dealers?

Question about Maryland car safety inspection?

What do they check? Is the standard strict?





The seller is in VA, can his car get maryland safety inspection? I would buy the car if the car passes maryland safety inspection.





Thanks.|||I am sorry, but these folks that say that the Maryland inspection is just "standard stuff" are entirely wrong.





I've lived in both Pennsylvania and Virginia, where they have annual inspections. Those inspections are rather routine and cen be done in 30 minutes or less. In Maryland, it's a totally different story. They do a thorough check of all the parts of the car, including things like steering linkage, inspect the brake master cylinder, look for ANY leaking fluids and so forth. Why so strict? Well, in Maryland, they do not have an annual inspection. They only have the one complete inspection when you buy the car. In the long run it will save you money. The MD inspection costs about $120, and you only pay that once. In Virginia, I am paying about $55 every year. Plus it's a hassle to have to take that time to sit in a long line of cars to get mine inspected.|||it's one of the strictest in the country. they take parts of the car apart.





Beside all the checks done in Va and DC Safety items "wipers, lights, horm, seat best etc"


The also check tire tread, brake thickness, mechanical damage, and the list goes on". Then after the inspection you have to get a separate emission inspection.|||they check the same things they all check, brakes, windshield wipers, all your lights, brake lights, exhaust, make sure your catalytic converter is still attached|||They will check just the routine stuff.....no worries...

How can you make car safety appealing to children?

My partner and I are looking for ways for children to be intrested in buckling up when they're parents are driving. We're also looking for car games on paper or made up that we can play with them. We're gunna show this to kids at a elementry school and try to see if they'll approve of it. If you'll be kind to help, it would be much appreciated.|||First off, Why does everything have to be FUN.... since when is getting seriously hurt in an accident something that we need to sugar coat... It's simple, seat belts or car seats.... or the car does not start. No if's ands or buts.... but once safely seated in the car, my kids and I play a modified version of "slug bug" ; I do not like the hitting that came from our first round of "slug bug" years ago so we modified it to "snap bug" and we also call all sorts of other cars, we keep score on scratch paper... the eldest is responsible for that part, and everyone joins in... even the youngest who is now 4 plays... he can call the larger objects that he is able to see from his car seat... Here is just an example of the cars we call for points:


Fire= Fire Truck; UpsMan=UPS; Ouch=Paramedic; Donut=Police;SnapBug=VolkswagenBug; Oldschool=Old Hot Rod Cars= OhNoVolvo=Volvo;Tow=TowTruck..... anyway we have several others... it keeps us quite busy.....good luck with your project.|||1. we're trying to teach young children how to be safe not a bunch of teens how to know the basic 2. IT HAS TO BE SAFE. 3. you help was kinda useful, but thanks anyways.

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|||hire a design firm instead of yahoo answers

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|||They could make buckling up a game. I have 7 kids, and we always say (or they say) "Betcha I can get my seat belt on before YOU can!" and then we race to do it. Winner gets bragging rights.





Car games on paper : Tic tac toe, car bingo (make/models of cars), license plate bingo (plates from other states), the alphabet game (pick a subject and name something that starts with each letter for that subject)

What model is the F1 safety car?

so i was watching formula 1 and there was an crash and the safety car did appear and i was wondering what model is the safety car and is it specially designed?|||It is the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. It is a production car, as of now available in Europe.|||It is a mercedes Sls amg.

Why does Pioneer car stereo sometimes go to safety mode when car starts?

I have Pioneer DUH-p4000ub car stereo and a couple of times, when I started the car, the radio was just dead. I brought it into the dealer, the fuses and power in the car were alright, but when they reset the radio by removing it, the stereo worked again. I imagine it's going into safety mode? Can this be because I'm using my car's (protege 2002) original speakers and that they are measuring 4.4 ohms instead of 4? Please help! Thanks!|||The speaker impedance is fine.It would be well in tollerance.You have a different problem.Perhaps wiring is defect when radio is all the way installed. Theres not much room and wires can be pulled. plugs pulled out fuse holder wire pulled away from fuse ect..Also could be a defective radio|||Hello friends





for more information realted to car alarm, you can check this webiste


http://www.soundandalarm.com/car-stereos.asp

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|||I am not familiar with radios going into a 'safety' mode. It sounds more like a problem in the wiring or in the unit itself. If the problem persists, I would return or exchange the radio.|||It's possible that your vehicle is spiking when it starts, meaning the alternator is sending too high a voltage and this could upset the electronics in the radio.|||it just it dose that because of the make of pionere it keeps it frome choking the power all u have to do is to reprogram the cd deck in ur car or just get a new on same brand new make

I need help with a paper on car safety features?

I am doing a speech of the safety features in the cars over the last 60 years. I am having trouble finding good sources of information on the web. can anyone help me with where to look?|||What you are doing is a very interesting subject so I will help yo find some really good information. Here is something I found on Wikipedia.org


http://en.wikipeida.org/wiki/Car_safety


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ca鈥?/a>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Au鈥?/a>


all three of these links will give more informantion than you can handle but what you are looking for. Hope this helps and sounds like you are interested in automotive safety.|||maybe type in "safety features of a car"





suggestions:


locks


alarms


air bag


placement of airbag


car rating


evolution of cars|||individual search these... rev limiter, speed governor or engine cut off, air-bags, anti lock breaks, alarms, %26amp; now cars come with airbags on the door windows as well





when i was a kid i would see cars that where built with no seat belts lol...car safety has come along way...





%26amp; the computer tells you when something is messing up in you engine|||Car safety features have evolved a great deal over the last 60 years.





In the 40's cars had very little in the way of safety devices. Probably the only thing on these cars that helped with safety was headlights and brake lights, so that drivers were able to see at night and other road users could see when drivers were stopping.





In the 50's some cars were fitted with a device called (in some countries) trafficators (google it, may be different where you live) and they were a reflective metal level that was usually mounted on the B pillar of the car, and worked on a switch, it worked like todays turn signal does, but instead of a flashing light, a reflective metal bar appeared on the appropriate side.





Cars were also built stronger, as there were more and more cars on the road and car crashes were becoming a common thing. This was also for safety.





In the 60's most cars were fitted with seatbelts as well as electric turn signals. Some cars also were fitted with safety glass, or laminated glass, so that if the window was smashed, instead of shards of glass busting out, the glass would stay together.





70's saw many new safety features on some cars. Some European cars were fitted with 4 wheel disc brakes, which helped cars stop more effectively.





80's saw electronic technology introduced, such as anti lock brakes, which again reduced braking distances.





90's lead to many technological breakthroughs, like airbags becoming standard on most cars, traction control, etc. The inclusion of side intrusion bars in doors, etc.|||Focus on one safety feature such as air bags, seat belts or anti lock brakes. If you are talking to teens then i would go with seat belts (since most don't like to wear them) and start with statistics. Talk about development, laws, lives saved during crashes by the safety device. Wikipedia.org has a good page on seat belts and links to government and other related websites. End your speech with a common seat belt slogan (Click it or ticket, seat belts save lives, etc.) if you choose to speak on seat belt safety.|||Try this site.......





http://www.allpar.com/ed/safety.html

In F1 if the safety car crashes do they stop the race?

my wife is an F1 fan and she said that if the safety car is called out and it crashed while leading the pack that the medical car would take over but i argue if the safety car crashed Charlie whiting would have no option but to stop the race who is right??


also what does the second guy in the safety car actually do? ballast?|||It is an interesting question and I don't think it has been thought of by the powers that be in F1 as it could be one of those things that they believe 'could never happen'.





They can't use the medical car as it may be needed for a medical emergency.





It is possible they would have a back up safety car which could be used but if this is not possible then either the race will continue with the whole track under double waved yellows (slow down no overtaking) or more likely the race would be red flagged and stopped.





After the incident has been cleared, if possible, the race would restart from a grid start and the new number of laps calculated.





As for the second person in the safety car - yes it is to make sure the weight in the car is as evenly distributed as possible to the car won't turn over when cornering. Whilst the safety car doesn't go as fast as the F1 cars do at full race speed it's still faster than it would go on any road or motorway|||haha I don't know but your question made me laugh. I still don't know if the co-pilot es there in case of a heart attack or what. If the safety car crashes then the medical car goes out. If it crashes then an ambulance goes out. If it crashes then ti's the helicopters and so on hahaha.





take care|||Yeah, the medical car would take over|||im sure they have more than one safety car on standby. so no, no calling off the race

Can my car pass safety with HID lights and no daytime lights in Canada?

I have a Sunfire GT with HID lights installed and no daytime running lights. I live in Canada. Will my car pass safety without the daytime lights?|||If the car originaly came with DRL's, NO !



HOWEVER; the odds of a safety meachanic checking this is remote; you might just get away with it.



My mechanic WILL NOT miss it, nor will any of his fellow mechanics at my local dealership. They will fail a car without DRLs.

Car with good safety ratings and good gas mileage?

I just turned 15 and I am looking for a car. Safety is important (at least 4 stars for front and back) because once I turn 16 I will have to carry friends, my little brother, and possibly other children if I'm babysitting. I want something with good gas mileage and thats good for the environment too. Looking good is kind of important, but its not a necessity. Does anyone have any ideas of cars that fit this description?|||You could get the car I got. I recently got a 2007 nissan sentra. 30 mpg city, and 39 mpg highway. Also, they start at about 18,000. I have seen them for lower then that though. Very good safety ratings as well.





Good luck|||A honda civic's a good bet. Honda has a program called safety for everyone, all safety features are standard regardless of the car and how much it costs. A taurus is not safe. Look for side curtain airbags.

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|||Taurus. Any year. They've been rated 5 star for frontal and rear crash test ratings for many many years now. I have a 99 and it's a great car. Also, not bad on gas. I get around 25-30 mpg. beware tho, before 97 they were notorious for having bad transmissions,,,,





good luck, and congrats on being responsible!!!! It's nice to see!!!|||the way gas prices are buy a bike

Do the American have any car safety regulations like the UK MOT test?

The only examples of American cars I have is from those that shown on programmes in the Uk. Some seem to be real heaps, rusty with bits and bobs falling off. Some of the ones on Pimp My Ride are shocking, they have windows and doors missing!


Is it really Ok to be driving around in America in a car like that or is this artistic license on the part of the television show makers?


Do you need any kind of regular car safety check like the MOT test we have here in the UK?|||That totally depends on the individual state. My state requires no smog test or inspections of any kind. That being said an officer can still fine you for driving around a heap thats falling apart in the road but so long as nothing is falling off and all your indicators are working your good to go here in Arkansas.|||the tv show depicts vehicles that are literally falling apart yes but can they be driven on the streets that way ? NO. They must pass a mechanical fitness inspection in order to be plated and insured. Things like brakes, frame, Steering must be to specification, there must be working seat belts, no missing panels or glass. Lights and directional lights must be working. Some States require a fitness inspection every year.|||You can pretty much "roll your own" around here. There are some requirements, seat belts, bumpers, wind shield, and a few others. Some states have stiffer regulations and "smog" tests" too. Some states have "safety inspections" that are required and some have both.


But only California (that I know of) has the socialist mindset to do as your government does.


Freedom isn't free, we paid for ours.

Where can I get baby car safety seats online?

I need car safety seats for my baby.|||www.albeebaby.com


www.babyuniverse.com


www.elitecarseats.com


www.babyage.com


You can even go with Walmart online, b/c online they have several car seats taht aren't offered in stores for cheaper than at other places. Amazon and eBay are ok, too, as long as the seat is brand new, with tags attached to the harness.


sign up with ebates.com for discount at babyuniverse, and check out fatwallet's site, they offer discounts at different stores, too. Most of the places above offer free shipping as well. And depending upon your child's current age and size, if your'e in the market for a Britax convertible seat, they're on sale right now. Britax only allows 2 sales a year, so its a big deal.


http://www.car-seat.org|||Try this site and go down to the bottom of the page.......





http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.h鈥?/a>

In Ontario, if someone gives you an old car with no plates on it, do you have to get it safety tested?

Suppose someone gives you their ten year old car. They no longer use it. It appears in good shape and seems to run well. I know you will need insurance. But when you get new plates from the Ministry Of Transportation, will you have to get the car safety tested before they give you plates?





Thanks!|||I think so

Is a teleprompter the allegorical equivalent of a child-safety car seat?

Children under a certain size %26amp; weight require a car seat to keep them safe in a crash.





Is a teleprompter needed for presidents with smaller experience and knowledge to keep them safe in an economic crash.|||That or training wheels.|||I would rather everyone speak with a teleprompter to keep people from saying inappropriate things at inappropriate times.|||You fail, Obama isn't the first President to use a teleprompter. They have been in use by Presidents for speeches since they were invented. Every time you guys bring this up AGAIN, you make yourselves look foolish.|||No, television hosts, etc. all use them Could you remember an hour and a half speech? I think not.

Isn't frustrating that the cars who overtook the safety car at Valencia ot a better result than the Ferraris?

I mean, look at the classification. If Massa and Alonso also broke the rules and got pass the saftey car they woukld probably be 3rd and 4th at the end of the day, but, as they didn't, they were 8th and 11th. It really seems like Hamilton, Button, Sutil, Barrichello and the others have recived a prize for breaking the rules.|||There are really something wrong with the rules on F1.





Again, Schumacher overtook alonso for 1 place on Monaco during a safety car and he was penalized 20 seconds for that.





Lewis Hamilton overtook a safety car and only take 5 second penalty??? He also used most of his fuel on the Turkey qualifying and was slapped for a measly 10,000 dollar penalty.





Alonso said it right "F1 is business not a sport"





It only makes sense that they "FIA" will support F1 as most of the audience and officials are British. Their blatant disregard for other big guns like Germans, Spaniards and Italians are way too obvious. They impose strict penalty for non British drivers.





Their time will come.|||The safety car always throws the result in the air.





It is down to luck how well or badly you are affected.





I am sure that over the years Ferrari have gained as many times as they have lost. Alonso was understandably frustrated but you will note that he has apoligised today for his outburst.





The safety car rules need fundamental change - they keep tinkering with the rules but only serve to introduce even more anomalies.





Enslaver - get your facts right - Hamilton got a drive through not a 5 second penalty. The cost of the drive through was around 20 secs but he had a 26second lead over 3rd at the time so didn't lose position. Schumacher got the 20 sec in Monaco because there was no time for him to serve the drive through.|||I agree. It's very frustrating. But these things have a way of evening out over time. The safety car rules are ridiculous. F1 could learn something from Nascar when it comes to caution periods.





I'm sensing some smart azz in the guy below me maybe. I love that F1 doesn't throw a full course caution every ten seconds a la Nascar. I just think that there is too much luck involved in F1 when the safety car comes out. When a caution does come out, it is handled better in Nascar.|||No, they got lucky. A drive-through may be devastating but sometimes, like last Sunday, you have enough gap to the car behind you that you don't miss any position when taking the penalty. Next time may be Ferrari's time to happen to be on the right side of luck.





With that said, I agree it would have been nice to see Alonso at the podium, but then I hope for many of the other drivers too.|||.





I agree completely with "mbl" above....."F1 could learn something from Nascar when it comes to caution periods" - F1 should have as many caution periods as NASCAR (Blancmange). Why? Well,





1) the bottle incident would have seen a 30 lap caution, thereby making F1 much safer, and





2) LH will be allowed to win another championship without having to race so much





.|||Its motorsport, these things happen. Sometimes its a good thing for Fernando and Ferrari such as the Bahrain Grand Prix, if Vettel did not have that spark plug problem then Fernando might not have won that grand prix.|||I admit that Lewis Hamilton did break the rules but Ferrari don't have to keep complaining just because McLaren got more points in that race than they did.|||that is right, but also, why didn't the ferrari's jumped into the pit before that?|||I can't believe that they have not got a penilty yet. Maybe they might get a five place grid drop at the next GP.

What's best for a first car? getting a old crappy one or one with a 5 to 4 star safety rating?

Mind you the five star safety car does'nt have to cost a fortune you can get one for around 15k and if you earn 17k a year would it be best to buy one?|||Why get a 5 or 4 star safety rating crash? Are you actually planning to crash the car or drive it? I'd say,get the best of both worlds,a slightly used car!Passive safety is secondary,you should always look at Active safety feautures.You drive the car first of all,not wait to crash so as to be safe.Get a FWD or 4WD slightly used car....around 2003-2006 you can found many good cars for that price tag.Even RWD cars are great and give you more pleasure,but they aren't that safe on difficult weather conditions|||The payment should be aroun 15-20% of your total monthly income...if more yu don't wan to go in debt

How can I make a new car safety device using easy material?

nothing like an air bag or something complicated..something unused, unknown, and easy..a car safety device..anything that would prevent injuries...like bumpers on a car or something...thanks for the help|||when you get a working model dont forget to post it/the best safety device i know is to not drive/stay home

How do newtons 3 laws of motion help us understand how to develop car safety features?

physics essay. discuss how an understanding of newtons laws of motion in the development of car safety features has interacted with at least 2 of the following factors: economical political, environmental, cultural or ethical.|||Write your own essay.|||cars are designed to keep their momentum.


in case ofimpoact, distrbute the colliding forces away from the passengers. and protect the car and passengers from impact from any direction. so like it gets ht in a door you dont want it to immediately give in. it shows where to reinforce the car for effieciency.

What speed does the safety car drive in F1 Grand Prix?

The safety cars being used is usually Mercedes or Audi, at what speed do they have to drive around the track in order to stay in front of those F1 cars?|||The safety cars are very quick but they are forced to run under 200 km/h so formula 1 cars can warm their tires easier and their engines will not blow up because of the heat (exept Mclaren Mercedes).|||I'd say around 170kph.|||I think they can go up to 200 kph, but it obviously depends on the circuit. They may not be F1 cars, and they do look slow compared to, but they're pretty quick cars!

Will the safety car win the championship?

Two races and two P1 finishes. My money is on the safety car as this year's winner of both the constructors and drivers championship. It must have a Ferrari engine and therefore that is the only way the FIA can ensure that Ferrari win again this year so no doubt it will continue to be deployed on the last few laps of every race from now on.|||Stands as good a chance as any of 'em imvho. Question is, how soon will it be disqual. and the drivers fined.|||The FIA gives Ferrari the championship is getting old. No, actually it got old a long time ago. The safety car is out at the end of the first two races. Ha ha. How long did it take for you to come up with that joke?|||Technically it didn't win in Australia. It went into the pit lane and the other cars promptly finished.





But it crossed the line first in Malaysia! Nice question.





Damn! Mercedes will win this year then!!!|||Bert Maylander (spelling??) apologies if its bad spelling but the guy has great pedigree in DTM lol wish id have placed a bet on him now haha =)|||I'm not a big fan of the whole "green-white-checker" thing in NASCAR, but poor Jensen Button. He hasn't seen a green flag finish in his two wins this season!|||I doubt it. The SC doesn't have the trick diffuser. The other teams will catch up eventually lol.|||LOL nice one, who needs KERS just buy a Merc 55AMG and save a fortune|||LOL, very good|||I think you are on to something. LOL|||yeah maybe, haha|||you could be right|||You just made my day, lol. :)

How does luxurious cars cost more than safety car?

Does luxury or does safety cost more in a car? and why?|||It depends on the car - terms luxury and safety refer to different concepts in a high-end Merc and a Ford Ka, prices vary accordingly. It's not the worth of the items, it's the fraction of the total car price.


A sat nav in a small car has most basic functions as the one in the premium car and yet the latter will cost several times more. It also has to do with what the typical (target) client percieves as a reasonable or acceptable price.


Either way, some car can cost almost twice their entry level price due to the optionals.|||One of the common reasons on why luxury cars are very much expensive is because of the high quality of its interior. Another is the seat covers or the leather seats and upholstery of the car itself. Most of the interior of a luxury car costs thousands of dollars that is why they are very expensive.Other things which make a luxury car expensive are the security features that are installed in it. Aside from the expensive parts and interiors, the technology that has been used to manufacture the car also is a factor which determines the price of the luxury car.Most luxury cars have very powerful engine which has a minimum power of 300 horsepower. This is also one reason on why people are purchasing luxury cars so that they may be able to enjoy eh powerful engine which will enable them to drive really fast.

What are cars made out of? And airbags? Info on car safety features' effectiveness?

I need sources for this, by the way.





What are cars made out of?





What are airbags made of?





What are the advantages/disadvantages of the material airbags are made of?





Info or links to sites about the effectiveness of car satefy features would also be very helpful.





And statistics about how much certain car safety features i.e. airbags, seatbelts, crumple zones etc. would help too.





Thanks.|||Lots of good questions there mate !





Well lets start with cars,





Car bodies are generally made from steel, over the years the process has become more demanding though as companies try to adapt to new styles and demand for performance and economy. Steel is the favourite but now days companies like BMW and alike use recycled steel among other materials. Take the New Mercedes S class, made almost completely out of recycled material... There is sound proof that the Mercedes S class is more environmentally friendly than the Hybrid Toyota Prius.





Another materials that car bodies are also made of are Aluminium, Fibre glass, Carbon Kevlar, plastic and sometimes a mixture of all of those.





If you think about the interior then there are many other materials included, most of which are similar to household furnishings, wood, plastic, foam, leather, metals, glass etc etc.





Lets move on to Air Bags...





I can answer this for you,





The Bag is made out of polyester fibre or nylon, the deployment components used are a gas charged cylinder for deployment and a postage size piece of semtex to blow off the outer covers.. also a load of sensors etc to assist in firing the airbag at the correct time.





The materials used in airbags have different results, some Ford airbags are rather harsh and bruise people and its also been know that they can graze your skin as you hit them, the materials used in Mercedes are light and more like a plastic silk.





Try ncap site for safety details of all cars.








http://www.euroncap.com/Content-Web-Star鈥?/a>|||I would just like to say that the person who answered was biased towards mercedes. It's not so much material as design. Try the twin chamber airbags from toyota, they interact with the passenger's in a different matter.

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|||Ans1]The cars are made up of Aluminum.


Ans2]They are made up of bags


Ans3]They have some they are thick little bit, they save us from accidents.


Sorry i don't know the websites.|||Try this site, it will have alot of information......





http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

F1 SAFETY CAR. When the safety car is in use does the driver have to drive flat out when not near the accident

Is the Safety Car driver governed by strict rules about his speed when leading the F1 cars around the track or does he have to drive flat out when not near the accident. Who drives the car, is it a current or past racing driver?|||The safety car is driven by Bernd Maylander a former touring car driver.





Here is a cool article about it:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorspo鈥?/a>|||any one knows that the safety car will be told of the ongoing clearance of debris and only when track is clear will he flg off the continuance meanwhile all drivgfers will maintain their positions and not overtake.

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|||Yes it is a racing driver - but the other cars are governed by his speed.|||the safety cars idea of flat out is probably a crawl for an F1 car so I guess he has to drive flast out all the time.|||The safety car has a driver plus passenger who


keeps his eyes open for signals and messages


about state of course and weather.


These cars are high powered and can easily cruse


at 150 mph,so they can easily keep up with trailing


F 1 cars that are just cruising behind it.|||Yes. The safety cars top speed is so much less than an F1 car it has to be driven flat out to try and keep the F1 cars brakes and tyres at an acceptable temperature for them to operate|||Well the safety car has a top speed of about 186mph, so on the straight it doesn't hold the F1 cars up too much, but its in the corners, thats where it slows the F1 cars down.





Personally, I think its stupid using a merc SL63, it would be better to use an SLR, the SL doesn't corner very well.

Teaching kids how to be aware of car safety?

I wanted to know if anyone found a child car safety cartoon that they'll be intrested into watching and learn from it too. Its for me and my partners FCCLA progect. So if anyone has any information or if your joined in FCCLA and doing or have been in this progect please lend us some facts.





Progect assignment: Children car safety.|||I don't have a cartoon but if you smack them in the head everytime they forget they learn real fast.

Rosberg Incident, What's the speed limit while under Safety car conditions?

I never knew there was a speed limit while under the safety car, just don't overtake anyone, what did Rosberg do to upset Brawn?|||To stop drivers from rushing back to the pits, the FIA has implemented a 'maximum speed' for a Safety Car period, which comes up as a lap 'delta' (or split time, + or -). If a driver is deemed to be going quicker than the allowed time, then he would be in trouble.





According to the report, the low fuel display came up as Nico was coming back to the pits, thus not allowing him to see how fast he was going compared to the lap delta. The stewards took note of this and deemed that he was taking the proper precautions in the yellow flag situation and then the SC period.

Why do drivers Pit when a safety car is deployed?

so ive been watching f1 and NASCAR for a while now but i don't understand why they pit when theres a safety car. if a car was in 1st place a they pit when theres a safety car, wouldn't that mean that they go to the back of the pack?





thanks :)|||I know when the "safety car" comes out in F-! there is generally a train wreck in terms of the way their crews react, and I am just guessing its a penalty if a car comes in when the car pulls out and picks up the field.


In the US when the Pace Car pulls out to pick up the field after a caution the pits are closed until NASCAR or whatever sanctioning body opens the pits. At that p[oint all cars can pit and retain their position after concluding the pit stop--putting a premium on a fast pit crew using high performance versions of traditional jacks amd air guns to change 5 lugs per wheel.


I Hope that helped the reason I distinguished between pace and safety cars is that in this country manufacturers put great stock in providing the official pace car for certain races.|||Most drivers pit when theres a caution which is what the safety car is out there to show. So after they come off pit road, depending on how well there pit crew does they assume close to the same position they had before the caution came out.





The only reason they would go to the back of the pack is if they pitted and every other car on the lead lap stayed out.|||In a perfect world, everybody spends the exact same time on pit road so (usually) everybody pits and everybody comes out in the same position. Unfortunately that is not the case as faster pit crews get cars out in front of cars with slower pit crews. But to answer your question, during a caution, everybody pits.|||they don't have to pit...it is just a good idea to get some more gas in the tank and maybe change your tires so you can finish the race.|||cause the field is moving slower under caution and they cannot race each other, they will lose lets spots and sometimes pick up spots if several pit and they have a faster stop. hope that helps

How does Newton's second law of motion apply to the design of car safety features?

I have a physics essay that asks how does newtons laws of motion apply to the design of car safety features, i've already done the first and third but i can't find one for the second law.|||The force experienced by a driver in a collision is given by


F = m(v - u)/t


i.e. the rate of change of momentum (Newton's second law)


So if you can increase the time it takes for the driver's head to come to rest (by fitting an airbag), the force will less.

Has any one been in a car crash involving a car safety seat? Can you share your story?

Anyone who has had a car crash involving a car safety seat.|||This crash story isn't mine, but thought I'd share:


http://myangelsaliandpeanut.tripod.com/i鈥?/a>

Some physics questions regarding momentum and car safety?

How is car safety useful in reducing the effects of momentum?


Why can car safety reduce the effects of momentum?


How can car safety be improved?


Which would be more successful in reducing the effects of momentum; airbags or seatbelts?


Who would not need to use car safety?


Why would car safety reduce the effects of momentum?


How would airbags reduce the effects of momentum?


What will improve car/road safety?


Who will not be affected by the improvement of car safety?


Why will car safety reduce the effects of momentum?


How will seatbelts reduce the effects of momentum?


Which might be more useful in reduce the effects of momentum- interior or exterior safety devices?


Who might no want the effects of momentum to be reduced?


Why might car safety reduce the effects of momentum?


How might car safety be improved?


What would car safety offer?


Why should the effects of momentum be reduced?





it would be great if there were references bt if you know the answer by mind thats fine|||Momentum is energy in motion hence if you can reduce motion energy will decrease. The best way to reduce energy without been abrupt (causing other damage) is gradually. Both static and non static forms of motion reduction are the most effective way to reduce motion of energy. When a vehicle has a high center of gravity and moves a large mass on impact energy is distributed to the weakest points relative to gravity giving a lesser chance of containment disturbance, but a greater chance of ejection of objects from containment. When a vehicle has a low center of gravity and moves a large mass on impact energy is distributed to the weakest point relative to gravity but with a higher chance of containment disturbance and a lesser chance of ejection of objects from containment. The key is to find the proper balance between mass and center of gravity and at the same time use both static and non static systems to reduce injury. I wrote it this way so you can do some searching around I am not going to do you homework for you, but I will at least guide you to the right things you need to look for. GOOD LUCK have fun.....

How has car safety improved over the years?

How have car manufacturers improved their safety features over the years?


Safety features improved from the first car made, to cars now in 2009?





links would be helpful, please %26amp; thank you|||The first cars had mechanical linkages to brakes, they now have hydraulics and ABS to help stopping. The brakes have changed from the old drums to discs. Split hydraulic systems were brought in in the 1960s, so that if one set goes you still have some braking capability.





Steering has improved with new types of linkages, some of the really old cars had chains to the wheels, like on a boat.





Some old cars only had leaf springs and no shock absorbers, now there are many different types of suspension.





From the 1970s, collapsible steering columns came in, now replaced with airbags.


Progressive crumpling of all panels now provides better occupant safety.


Now you can get Electronic Stability control, to help you get out of trouble in an emergency.





American cars are recognised world wide as being very poor for safety, only marginally better than Chinese, the worlds worst. The best are definitely European, (Mercedes, Volvo, Saab, Audi) followed by Japan, Toyota, Subaru, Honda) and Australia, (Ford, Holden, Toyota).|||Early steering wheels were wood, and would splinter and spear the driver in a crash. Until the 1960s, dashboards were unpadded steel. Head injuries from dashboards were common.





Steel-belted tires are a lot less likely to have catastrophic blowouts than older tires.





Rear view mirrors were invented by an Indianapolis 500 race driver in 1911.





Modern safety glass doesn't shatter into killer shards like regular glass used to.





Historically, US manufacturers have resisted the cost of safety improvements.Thanks to advertising crash test scores, there is a lot less difference from car to car than there used to be. Almost all cars get 4 or 5 stars.|||"redhzkingswood" has it -- plus, people like Ralph Nader have pushed (and are still pushing) for U.S. automotive safety.





Seat belts, anti-lock brakes, child-safety seats, air bags, suspension-control, dual-system hydraulics, etc, etc, etc.... Cars and trucks are safer today, and will be even more safe in the future, because of the efforts of people such as Ralph Nader. Career politicians and their Big Business cash-cows have always fought against Nader's work................|||airbags, antilock brakes, more airbags, i.e. curtain and side airbags. gps systems. onstar or similar systems where someone calls help when your airbags deploy.

Where can I get a fake car safety certificate in the GTA?

My car needs to be registered this week, however my parts are not coming until next week. Is there any place in the GTA that will safety the car for now, without the parts installed?|||You are kidding - right ?

Can anyone tell me the name of this car safety device?

I saw on television about 2 years ago about a car safety device that general motors were selling. It is a car device that talks to you and warns you if a dangerous driver is ahead or if your driving in the wrong lane etc.... It gives you tips on how to be safe and avoid a car accident. If you know the name of this device please give me the name of it . I'd really appreciate it alot. If you don't know the name of this device then please don't respond to this question.|||I doubt there is ANY device that can tell you if there is a dangerous driver in front, or anywhere around you.





How would it know?





Regarding a device that warns you if another vehicle is too close: If you are approaching too close to the car in front of you, then YOU are the dangerous driver.|||Yes I am, but, in regards to automotive safety, I am most often correct. I do my research, VERY carefully.

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|||A device that would tell you whether or not you're straying out of your lane is most commonly referred to as a 'lane departure system', it uses cameras.

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|||There's one already in use on commercial trucks and road tractors now. It's called "VORAD". It has sensors on the front and sides of the vehicle that set off an alarm inside the truck if something gets too close. It's made by a company called "Eaton" if you want to look it up. It could easily be installed on your car, I'm sure.


The talking version you saw on T.V. is probably a few years down the road for consumer sales, but not too long.|||I've got one of those. It's called a "mother-in-law".

In F1, does the safety car not just make the race pointless?

Racing is about building up small incremental millisecond advantages over your rivals lap after lap, but then the safety car comes out and wipes all that work out as the cars bunch up again - you might as well be back on the starting grid.|||I'm afraid that's a part of motorsport and there is no real way of avoiding it. If you think its pointless your welcome not to build a gap from the guy behind but I don' think you will hold your position very long!|||I actually think it makes it more exiting as all the cars are backed up and its like a new start|||Well, there is that pesky safety thingy ...|||no it to make sure that the cars don't have an accident but sort of it would be betta if there was a big crash.

What are some new car safety features and how do they help against forces?

Could anyone give me any new car safety features, and how they help against forces such as Friction, Net Force and Gravity?|||seat belts to prevent any jirk during any accident,head light , rear view mirrors|||Sorry, I forgot to vote. My best answer would have gone to UCANTCME, as I was asking about new features and that's what they gave me. Sorry, I know you missed out on the points.

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|||ABS


(Antilock Braking System)


Antilock Braking Systems eliminate the need to "pump the brakes" when you have to stop quickly, preventing you from locking the wheels and skidding. Because ABS pumps the brakes for you, you can apply constant pressure on the brake pedal and concentrate on steering the car. This allows you to regain control during inclement weather or quickly avoid a collision. ABS is available for nearly all new cars and trucks and is standard equipment on many.





Electronic Stability System


An Electronic Stability System coordinates the ABS, Traction Control, and the "yaw" of your vehicle (how much a car rocks side-to-side). The individual systems are combined in an effort to reduce tire spinning, skidding, and tractionless cornering, keeping your tires in maximum contact with the road. Found mostly on luxury models, stability systems are slowly working their way into more vehicles.





Traction Control


While ABS helps you maintain control while braking, traction control helps you do so while accelerating. Traction control stops the spin of a wheel -- due to wet conditions, loose gravel or an overzealous foot -- by braking it, reducing the fuel or cutting spark plug ignitions (depending on your system). This insures maximum contact between your tires and the road.

Would anyone like a safety car in the new F1 2010 game?

Personally, the safety car wouldn't add a slow dimension to the game and bore players, if you just want to race, go play grid or dirt or midnight or, well you get the idea, f1 is all about concentration, patience and timing. plus, safety cars are almost deployed in every race these couple of years plus you could see a proper crash with ambulances and all still there as you drive past (like Ralf Schumacher) so the graphics would look even more intense.





What y'all think?|||i think the SC would add something extremely important to the game, not only visually, put it can affect the outcome of positions and races. lets say theres a crash and you need to pit in a few laps anyways..., the SC is out and you can pit a few laps early while the car is going around. but as u said its been deployed almost each race for some time now....it would make sense just to put it in. its part of the sport in a way.

What can be done with the safety car?

So many times this year we've seen people get lucky or unlucky with when the safety car comes out with regards to their pit strategy.





Remember Piquet in Germany? Heidfeld in Canada? Alonso in Singapore? Obviously they all had to work for their results, but the fact remains that they all gained huge amounts of places due to a safety car situation.





Can anything be done to stop this happening? Should anything be done, or is luck just part of the sport?|||The only thing they can really do is get rid of the stupid new rule which "closes" the pitlane until the cars are all lined up behind the safety car. Otherwise it's just a question of pot luck...and the only way to get rid of THAT problem is to go back to waved yellow flags before and at the accident site and get rid of the safety car altogether. That would mean no overtaking and lower speeds in the danger area, but the gaps and speeds and racing could stay more or less the same elsewhere. It worked like that with no big accidents for decades.|||They should scrap that unworkable and frankly, daft 'Pit Closure' rule. Look at Rosberg, he HAD to come in and got un-necessarily penalised for it. What are they supposed to do? Run out of fuel?


Bollox!





The FiA are being stubborn and should scrap this rule asap|||the safety car is there for the Marshalls and no one else!


|||red snooker is right, the safety car came out when the pitstops were going to take place.





that rule needs to be changed!|||.





I think that it can work if the team posts their anticipated pit lap with Race Control. This pit lap is posted say 10 laps before the stop.





Example: Ferrari have an anticipated "in lap" of lap 20. They post that lap secretly with Race Control on lap 10. If subsequently the the Safety Car comes out they can choose to come in on lap 20 or stay out.





Any team that fuels their car outside their designated lap incurs a penalty.





Luck is part of the sport, but it should be limited as much as possible.





.|||To be honest I quite like seeing people who are normally slow benefitting from the safety car. I think Singapore would have been quite boring if it weren't for that first safety car giving Alonso and Rosberg great chances. It also challenges other drivers like Hamilton and Massa to see what they can do when they're not at the front.





It's complete luck what happens when a safety car is deployed, and since it can go either way for the best drivers and the worst drivers then it can potentially be really interesting. What's irritating is when the frontrunner has a 30s lead wiped out but in theory if they're fast enough then they'll just pull away when the safety car goes away.





They really should do away with this closing the pit lane though. I really don't understand the point in it at all. Why would it be a problem if people could go in to the pits at any time?|||Don't forget Hamilton in Monaco. He benefited from the shuffling of the field due to his own accident there and would not have won without it.


It adds an element of chance but, as in poker, the best players may lose hands but will not be beaten in the long game.|||I feel that if FIA were serious about safety, if there is an accident requiring a safety car, they should make EVERYBODY pit as per the Red flag rule. They can then clear the mess, get rid of the crashed car without having to worry about marshalls getting hit or cars running over debris and sustaining puncture etc. They can then restart the race by rolling start behind the safety car in the order they were in when the accident happened.


Whilst in the pits, cars are not allowed to refuel or change tyres unless they need to (all teams to submit confidentially their planned first pitstop lap to Charlie).


Having said that, I don't really mind the lottery that is the current safety car rule. They do need to rethink the penalty for pitting whilst the pitlane is closed - now that's unfair. I don't see why the teams couldn't tell the race director before the beginning what lap they are intending to pit.|||let the following be done-


If der is an accident,


yellow flag let be waved ,


giv all the cars two options-


1.align on the starting grid on their respective slots(the positions they were at wen the yellow flag was waved)


2.if u want to take an pit stop take one and que up on the exit of pitlane after their respective pitstops(red light will be on...)


3.After the crashed/stalled car is takn out of the track..let the 5lights illuminate and go-off and let the race start again...


for the people in pits they could come out once the train of cars aligned on the starting grid go off...maybe after 3sec after the 5lights go off..





4.And safety car would only be implemented if the incident took place on the start finish straight itself...


|||1. Rockpool-A red flag in Formula 1 takes at least 15 minutes, because it takes that much time to start the cars again.





2. The whole point to closing pit road was to prevent guys from getting lucky by being near the pit entry when the safety car came out. Unfortunately you can't legislate luck out of the sport (not yet at least). |||I think it's just part of the sport|||The FIA ought to get rid of the pitlane closure rules when SC is deployed. WHat is a car decides not to go in for fuel and then runs dry and stops on track? More clean up to be done eh?





It's unfair that some people have to suffer from a SC period brought on by another driver.

What is purpose of the F1 Safety Car?

What is the purpose of the safety car that is brought out after an incident? (SLS AMG) Is it purely to slow the competing cars down? What else is it for? What if an incident is impassable?





Also, what is the purpose of the car (seems to be a C-Class Estate) that is behind all the cars on the grid at the beginning of a race?





Thanks in advance.|||Yes it is to give the marshalls time to clear the track after an incident and the pack have to get behind it and are not allowed to overtake it or each other until the track has been cleared. If the incident is impassable the race is abandoned and I think points are distributed in order of the line for that race.





The car behind is the medical car which is on hand at the start because often that is when incidents occur and it is on hand immediately. It shoots off soon after the start if all goes well.|||Mercedes Benz SLS F1 Safety Car 2010


From March 2010, the Official F1鈩?Safety Car will be deployed whenever hazardous situations such as accidents or bad weather endanger normal racing. The SLS AMG, piloted by Bernd Mayl盲nder (38, from Germany), will be on standby in the pit lane throughout the entire race. When radioed by Race Control, the former DTM driver and his co-driver, FIA man Pete Tibbetts (44, from the UK), will take to the track at the head of the field in order to guide the Formula-1 race cars safely around the circuit.


Unique vehicle concept for maximum driving dynamics


Pictures %26amp; details at source link.


Enjoy.|||The safety car is used when a car is stuck on track or debris is on track. It is used to keep all of the cars at a steady pace so that marshals can recover the debris/wreckage without being run over by a 200mph Formula 1 car. It keeps all the cars together so that the lead driver doesn't decide to become a danger to the marshals.





The estate is the medical car. It usually follows the cars from the grid at the back. It is driven by an experienced racing driver who is also a qualified paramedic. The passenger is the F1 doctor. If there is a serious incident the medical car will attend as soon as possible. Think of it as an emergency response vehicle.|||Obviously to guide the pack through an off. And if an accident blocked the track, the race would be stopped (red flagged - right round the track so the drivers would know).





As for the SC sitting behind all the cars on the grid, that's surely to be there in the event somebody gets left on the grid at the start of the race? * In which case, for the sake of safety, the SC would need to be deployed, possibly. It's all down to safety and I think those guys in the SC do an excellent job.





Add - * Okay, the car behind the grid is a medical car - didn't know that!!! Makes sense.|||The safety car is to slow the cars down so that the Marshall's can clear the track up. As for the estate car at the back of the grid at the start. That a medical car, Just in case there's a crash into the first set of turns.|||the safety car is purely brought out on the track if there is an incident where the drivers must slow down or be prepared to stop if the incident is not passable





the saftey car may also lead the drivers down in to the pitlane if the race is red flagged, this maybe due to ambulances, air ambulances, tow trucks or any other slow moving object on the track





the safety car behind the field is where the head medic will be should there been an incident on the grid/first few corners|||ADVANTAGEOUS PURPOSE:





Provide immediate pace control after a severe racing incident wherein marshalls and anyone assigned thereof for clearing the race track of debris and hazards be provided ample time to do so.





The pace set by a safety car is slow thus rendering all race cars to follow this set speed until the marshalls have cleared the track.





Rule out the current race car positions since once a safety car is out, no race driver is allowed to overtake a safety car or a fellow race driver.





DISADVANTAGEOUS PURPOSE:





The disadvantage of a safety car deployment is the "rebooting" of the supposed gap gained by the race driver ahead. For example if driver-A is on the lead with 2 seconds versus driver-B then a safety car deployment will reset the lead to a usual race start gap which usually less than a second's time. Safety car deployments deprive the race car driver's already set lead time and gap to a minimal and can be frustrating for both the lead driver and his team.





Remember the incident of Nelson Piquet Jr with Renault in Singapore 2008? It was an "infamous" intended accident so as to deploy the safety car, if not for manipulating the lead time but at least control the race car positions and opportunities to adjust pit lane strategies.

What is the minimum speed of the safety car in Formula 1 when there is an safety car on the track?

Formula 1, FIA, Safety car "SC", What is SC minimum speed|||65mph is the minimum but there is no maximum|||I think it just tries to go around the track as fast as it can. I don't think the driver really cares about slowing traffic down ever. If they should then I doubt it would be by more than a few seconds. Althought I don't believe there are any written rules, I would believe that any speed slower than 30 mph on a turn would be too slow.

What if the car is really due for a pitstop during Safety Car period?

and the pits is still closed?





They should revise F1 rules during safety car periods more? and allow cars that are really dew for their pitstop...





What are your views?





poor quick nick...|||.





I think that the race officials should be informed of a pit-stop.





Let's say they want to pit on lap 21, they can inform that their car is due to pit between lap 20 and 22 allowing a three lap margin (maybe even 5).





If the safety car comes out then they have the choice to still pit within those chosen laps or stay out and re-submit. If they don't inform of a change they incur a drive-thru penalty..





Only a half-baked thought....whaddya think?





.|||It's a good idea but strategies are flexible and can change mid race.


Of course teams could inform the stewards of any change but sometimes the strategy is in the air till the last minute before the cars pit.


In the absence of any other viable solution though it should suffice.

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|||If the car is due for pitting they should be allowed to pit with no penalty. To be allowed to due this I believe the team should submit some data to the stewards to prove they are actually light on fuel. After this the stop should be approved and allowed to occur. I am not sure if that could be done fast enough to not run out on track. Also I heard that the teams build their own fuels cells which could cause problems because of the different sizes.|||this rule is just stupid it really is, i can understand that you have to make sure that the minimum number of people are in the pit lane at anyone time and that the safety needs to be able to exit the pitlane un molested so to speak.





But to penalise a driver for needing fuel when the safety car is well and truly clear of the pits is just a joke, it should be that as soon as the safety car has cleared the pits then the pits are declared open and cars can enter and exit at will. The other annoying thing about this rule is that the FIA will know how much fuel all the top ten placed drivers are carrying and when the pit stops will be taking place so they would have known that Hiedfeld was right on the limit when he pitted!!|||I really don't care if there is an easy solution or not, I personally think what's happened to Heidfeld today and a couple others earlier this year is unacceptable.


From the driver's point of view, from a teams point of view and a spectators point of view.


I mean Heidfeld and his team were busting their as*es all weekend preparing for an hour an a half of action and got penalized for what?


When I saw what happened I was extremely dissapointed .


So I don't care how they fix it, as long as they fix it.


Crap like that is a big let down for everyone.|||I think in situations like this wher Heikki had what looked like a serious accident, I think it's only right and respectful not to mention wise from a safety point of view. But if a driver was due to pit he should not be penalised if he takes his due stop. Any who size the opportunity should b penalised.|||they will say that having all cars pit at once under a yellow leads to a dangerously over crowded pit lane with cars stacked up in the pits, but the real answer is even worse, its the same answer as to why the options tires don't have a different side wall instead of a white strip in the groove, and that answer is????????





they don't want to do anything that may be seen as copying indycar, so instead nick takes a penalty, and us the fans get to watch low speed parade laps instead of a massive pit battle|||The stewards should have let him off since they opened the pits during the yellow flag shortly after anyway.|||i do agree with that they should revise the rule but again coming from another view





if you could pit during the safety car then every1 will do it and it is not as fun|||I agree. these rules should be reviewed. It was not fair for nick to be penalised because Heikki had an accident.|||yah! that is unfair. change the rules!

Should the leading driver be allowed to slow the field down to a crawl after the safety car leaves?

If the conditions are so horrible that the safety car is needed for 18 laps, why is the lead driver (Hamilton) allowed to slow down the field to a crawl after the safety car leaves. He sped up, slowed down to a crawl, speed up again, slow down again, etc. Hamilton created unsafe conditions and caused the crash between Webber and Vettel. Should the lead driver have to at least maintain a safe speed? If not, why couldn't the drivers have started from the grid?|||Yes, it's called strategy.|||They do that to keep their brakes and tires hot. As long as they don't crash into each other, it's all good.








Wood, vettel crashed because he was distracted, he was looking around and by the time he looked in front of him, he was up webbo's ***. Vettel is a knob.|||Jt is right, the leading driver does that to try and catch the driver's behind out and gain an advantage!!!


Vettel crashed because he wasn't quick enough on the brake pedal.


%26amp; the last question answer is that there is only one start to a F1 race not two|||Gatorade is spot on on this one. it is a perfectly legal thing to do, always has been. Lewis was certainly not the cause of Vettel tail ending Mark. if you had watched previous races under safety car conditions you would have seen that.|||lewis did cause the crash between vettel and mark. because if you had listened vettel said lewis was slowin down, i look at him instead of mark infront of me !!!

Have you ever seen a race where the pace car or safety car wrecked?

Has there ever been a race where the pace car or safety car wrecked? I imagine it happened before and it would be really funny to see. If you have a video I would like to see it.|||I saw the ARCA race where a driver NAILED the pace car. The people who were riding in the back seat of the pace car were almost killed. ARCA no longer allows more than 1 passenger now because of that wreck.|||I agree with you. I've never seen that, but it would be hilarious.|||no but some redneck jumped in one and took off down the track at talledega once ...he ddnt get very far and the state troopers kindly put him up for a while|||i was at the pikes peak hillclimb when the safety truck went off of "engineers corner"(a tight left hairpin)nose first into a 10' ditch and the race had to be put on hold till they could get it towed out with a wrecker.this was in the 1980s.|||i was at st loius drag racing once, and the tractors that put the rubber and traction down were just finishing the starting line when all of a sudden, a hydrolic line came off and hydrolic fluid was 2 inches deep and the start of the race was put off 45 minutes so they could clean up thier own mess, lol it was funny

How many times was the safety car deployed in the 2006 Formula 1 Season?

Does anyone know?





Also can anyone tell me where i can get statistics on how often the saftey car was deployed depending on season or track?





If not is there any site where i can see at a glance if the safety car was used in a particular race?|||Well, I'm not sure, but try on www.formula1.com, or soloformula1.com.ar.


Good Luck!|||About 10 or 14 times I think.|||3 times|||The safety car was deployed in the following races:





Australia (4 times)


San Marino


Monaco


Hungary


Turkey


Brazil.





In total nine times.





The info can be accessed from this page:





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Formul鈥?/a>

Why is the safety car behind the grid at the start and where does it go when the race starts since line crsd?

when a race starts the safety car is at the end of the grid. why does it position itself there. after the race starts where does this car go. how does it enter the pit lane given that it has already crossed the pit entry?|||Actually I think it's not the safety car that's behind the grid but the Medical Car. the Medical Car is very similar to the safety car except that it contains doctors and medical equipment inside it, and is not used to control the other cars' pace. I think this is so because whenever there was a first lap incident I always saw the safety car exit the pits, rather than overtake the other cars to get to the front.



Anyway, the Medical Car does so because it is a common occurrence for there to be accidents on the first lap. If this happens then the Medical Car will get to the accident in no time and will provide first aid to the drivers, should there be the need for it. If this does not happen then the Medical Car returns to the pits after a lap and stays there until (if) it is called.

Hope this helps :)|||"HEY THERE" is wrong. It is not the Safety Car, and the safety car does not overtake, it makes everyone else catch up. It is actually the Medical Car. The Safety car is always parked just before the pit exit along with another Medical Car. The Medical Car is a big bulky car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkvI1Vmey鈥?/a> At 0.22 on the video, you can see the medical car. The Safety car then, is tucked up beside the Garages. If there is a massive crash, the medical car will get the drivers off the track and out of danger quickly. If nothing happens, the medical car trails the pack in case of a first lap incident and drives in through the pits on the second lap. However, in Monaco and Valencia and Singapore, The medical car either reverses and enters the pit entrance before the cars arrive or pulls in through one of the Holes that the stewards use to get Cars off track. For example, at Monaco, the Medical car drives into a hole just after the first corner.|||It's there for 'safety' in case they don't all get off the grid and the SC is needed.





I imagine they go to the end of the pit lane, and back onto the side - I've not watched but for sure, they don't follow the cars right around the whole circuit LOL|||It's a medical car if somebody stalls on the grid and somebody goes up his **** it could be very bad.

Safety car?

do you think volvo car is the safety car or not and why?do you wish to have one?|||I believe they are one of the safetiest cars out there. Generally Volvo cars have always had a reputation for safety. They were the first to use laminated glass in 1944, as well as the first to have unibody. They were also the ones to invent the crumple zone and the three-point seatbelt (1957). Also, guess what? Volvo was also the first to develop rear-facing child seat in the late 1960s and booster seat in 1978. Other safety firsts include:


1. Rear seat middle three-point seatbelt (1991)


2. SIPS - Side Impact Protection System (1991)


3. WHIPS - Whiplash Protection System (1998)


4. BLIS - vehicles entering the Volvo's blind spot with a side view mirror mounted sensor and alerts the driver with a light (2004)





And to summarize, I wish I could have one.|||the Deutsches Forschungszentrum f眉r K眉nstliche Intelligenz is the 100 percent safest car ever made.|||............... Volvo .... is the safest production car ................|||Citroen c6 is probably the safest car you can get. Volvo's have an appearance of safety as they are sensible cars driven by sensible people. Go to www.euroncap.com and see safety ratings for all cars sold in Europe, Volvo score well but are not the best.


As for your second question, I do not wish to have a Volvo as they don't excite me.|||i am a new yahoo user ,i sell some product on yahoo .


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