In the light-duty van market, safety has become a priority for fleet buyers and manufacturers.
Enhanced transitional stability technology, available on the 2015 model-year Focus, can help deliver better handling in highly dynamic driving maneuvers.
Electronic stability control (ESC) systems use computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to help drivers maintain control of a vehicle that's beginning to lose directional control, stability or both.
Trailer sway control employs an angle sensor within the steering wheel assembly to measure the driver’s intended yaw, or rotational movement around the axis of a vehicle, which determines the direction.
Agency research shows the technology could prevent up to 56% of rollover crashes each year — the deadliest among all crash types — and another 14% of loss-of-control crashes.
ARLINGTON, VA - The Highway Loss Data Institute found it typically takes an average of 30 years for an advanced safety feature introduced in luxury cars to become a feature on 95% of the vehicles on the road.
A new report, released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, found that antilock brake systems have failed to cut the cumulative incidence of fatal crashes, but they have reduced the overall crash rates of passengers cars (by 6 percent) and light trucks (by 8 percent).
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced that the 2010 Ford Taurus is the institute's latest Top Safety Pick award winner.
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