There is Volvo's usual attention to safety, with an added feature usually found in more expensive cars : an inflatable side curtain protects heads, front and rear, in a side collision.
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The Infiniti Essence also contains safety features to prevent collisions in the back and side that are known as Side Collision Prevention ( SCP ) and Back-up Collision Prevention ( BCP ).
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The safety board believes the regulations should be broadened within the next two years so children will have a better chance of remaining inside a bus during a side collision or rollover.
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The original implementation of front airbags did little to protect against side collisions, which can be more dangerous than frontal collisions because the protective crumple zone in front of the passenger compartment is completely bypassed.
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It has side air bags in all doors, plus a window curtain bag that extends along the sides from the windshield to behind the back seat, and inflates like an air mattress in a side collision.
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A "'head-on collision "'is a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other in opposite directions, as opposed to a side collision or rear-end collision.
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W . Scott Pyles, a business development manager at Valeo Raytheon Systems, the companies'joint venture, said his company's analysis of National Highway Transportation Safety administration data indicated that some 300 people a year died in accidents caused by side-to-side collisions.
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In addition to front and side air bags ( using a new gas that is said not to irritate eyes or skin ), the S80 features an " inflatable curtain " that pops out of the headliner in a side collision.
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Safety features include a massive built-in safety cage around the passenger compartment, seats with a whiplash protection system, " inflatable curtain " air bags that protect the heads of front-seat occupants in a side collision, upgraded side air bags and seat-belt pre-tensioners.
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The safety board wants current standards, which require that children be protected by padded seats and high seat backs, expanded within the next two years so children will have a better chance of remaining inside a bus during a side collision or rollover.
