Car safety

Car safety is the avoidance of car accidents or the minimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the safety of car's occupants only, some for the safety of others.

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Every year tens of thousands of people are killed in road accidents http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/. Major factors in accidents include driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (see drunk driving), inattentive driving, driving while fatigued (not to mention unconcious drivers), reckless driving, or encounters with road hazards such as snow, potholes and crossing animals.

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Alcohol: In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). This sense underlies the...

Drug: A drug is any substance that can be used to modify a chemical process or processes in the body, for example to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, enhance a performance or ability, or to alter states of mind. The word "drug" is etymologically derived from the Dutch/Low German word "droog", which me...

Drunk driving: REDIRECT Drunk driving in the United States...

Car safety related Images and Photos (experimental)

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