#carsafety — Public Fediverse posts

@proseandpassion @SheDrivesMobility

Gosh, I wonder why ... 🙄

I wouldn't call it intriguing, I would call it a bloody shame.

"For decades, the 50th percentile man – the statistical “average man” – was defined as the global benchmark for safety. This male reference figure is deeply rooted in the historically evolved vehicle approval procedure and still shapes the test methods today. Models that correspond to the average male body are primarily used for the vehicle approval procedure. Even the so-called “female” dummy is merely a scaled-down version of the male model and also corresponds to a very small woman – 95 per cent of women are taller and heavier than this reference point."

#CarCrashTests #MaleDummies #CarSafety #AWomanIsNotASmallMan

I couldn’t live with the idea of my kids trapped in my Tesla. Here’s how I hacked it so the doors open in an emergency

If the electric door latches fail, the only way to get out of many Telsas is to go digging for a hidden manual release — except the back doors to my Model 3 don’t even have those.

May 10, 2026

By Marco Chown Oved Climate Change Reporter

#Tesla #hacking #carsafety #DRM #ClimateChange

https://archive.is/WJUEA

Why You Probably Shouldn’t DIY a Car Airbag

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/why-you-probably-shouldnt-diy-a-car-airbag/

Why You Probably Shouldn’t DIY a Car Airbag

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/why-you-probably-shouldnt-diy-a-car-airbag/

https://www.evshift.com/450999/byd-seal-6-crash-test-unbreakable-structure-top-safety/ BYD Seal 6 Crash Test Unbreakable Structure, Top Safety! #AEBTest #BYD #BYDSeal6 #CarSafety #crash #CrashTest #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #HybridCar #Hybrids #PlugInHybrids #PlugInHybridsCars #Safety #SafetyRating #Seal #structure #Test #Top #unbreakable

High-precision brake pads and rotors use heavy-duty, heat-resistant compounds that handle extreme conditions without breaking a sweat 💪Even better — you can now grab quality pads and rotors online for almost any car, ute, or RV and get them delivered straight to your door 📦
#VMAXBrakes #BrakePerformance #CarSafety #NoBrakeFade #AutoParts #DIYCar
https://trendhunter.com.au/premium-auto-brake-pad-and-rotor-sets-for-safe-braking/

🚗💨 Wow, #Helsinki survived a whole year without any car carnage! 🎉 Meanwhile, the rest of the world is still trying to figure out how to drive without playing bumper cars on the freeway. 🙄
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/ #CarSafety #RoadSafety #Innovation #Celebration #HackerNews #ngated

Dash cams matter when details matter. This short shows front + rear coverage and a quick phone playback moment so the “review and share” path is clear. Practical evidence workflow. Shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/VaFgb5ny7Oc?feature=share
#DashCam #CarSecurity #CarSafety #CircuitPeek

Mercedes-Benz has recalled select CLE, AMG CLE and AMG C-Class models due to a software glitch affecting Emergency Stop Assist. Check affected units and details. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/mercedes-benz-recall-software-glitch-rvd07q7x?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MercedesBenz #SoftwareGlitch #CarSafety #VehicleRecall

‘There were nearly 130,000 vehicles stolen in the UK between April 2023 and March 2024 and more than half of household incidents involved the thief manipulating a signal from a car key without ever having to get their hands on it.’

And this was the reason my partner bought me the romantic gift of two Faraday pouches to keep my EV keys in today…he said all would be revealed if I read link below:

#CarSafety
#CarTheft

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/thieves-steal-cars-without-keys

Lỗi kẹt vô lăng trên xe Mazda mặc dù đã được hãng khắc phục sau đợt triệu hồi, nhưng nhiều chủ xe cho rằng sự cố vẫn chưa được giải quyết triệt để. Sự việc này từng liên quan đến các vụ tai nạn và gây lo ngại cho người dùng. #LỗiKẹtVôLăng #XeMazda #TaiNạn #KhắcPhục #AnToànGiaoThống #MazdaRecall #CarSafety #VehicleRecall #안전 #交通安全 #越南新闻 #VietnamNews

https://vietnamnet.vn/loi-ket-vo-lang-tren-xe-mazda-hang-da-khac-phuc-nhung-chua-triet-de-2486705.html

BMW X3 2016 bị đổ dầu động cơ gần 3 lần mức cho phép mà không có bất kỳ cảnh báo nào, khiến người sửa chữa tại Houston vô cùng bất ngờ. 🚗⚠️ #BMW #X3 #ĐộngCơ #Overfill #CarSafety #Vietnam #TinXe #News

(Note: No URL included)

https://vietnamnet.vn/bmw-x3-bi-do-dau-dong-co-nhieu-gap-3-lan-muc-cho-phep-nhung-khong-he-co-canh-bao-2474559.html

Một chiếc Toyota Innova Crysta chở Bộ trưởng bang Kerala (Ấn Độ) - ông Saji Cherian - bất ngờ bị rụng bánh sau khi đang di chuyển, may mắn không ai bị thương. Vụ việc khiến an toàn của dòng xe Innova tại Ấn Độ bị đặt dấu hỏi.
#ToyotaInnova #XeHoi #AnDo #OTo #XeRungBanh #Toyota #India #Accident #CarSafety
#ToyotaInnova #XeHơi #ẤnĐộ #Ôtô #XeRụngBánh #Toyota #AnToànGiaoThông

https://vietnamnet.vn/xe-toyota-innova-bat-ngo-rung-vang-banh-xe-khi-dang-cho-bo-truong-an-do-2474233.html

Đèn báo phanh bật sáng là dấu hiệu cảnh báo hệ thống phanh ô tô có vấn đề – đừng xem nhẹ! Dưới đây là 5 nguyên nhân phổ biến:
1. Thiếu dầu phanh
2. Phanh tay chưa nhả hoàn toàn
3. Hỏng cảm biến phanh hoặc phanh tay điện tử
4. Mức chất lỏng phanh thấp do rò rỉ
5. Hỏng cụm ABS hoặc lỗi điện tử

Hãy kiểm tra và xử lý kịp thời để đảm bảo an toàn khi lái xe.

#CarSafety #BrakeLight #Oto #PhanhOto #Maintenance #BaoTriXeHoi
#AnToanGiaoThong #DenBaoPhanh #XeHơi #BảoTrìÔTô #HệThốngPhanh

Một chủ xe tại Mỹ đã thiệt mạng do hít phải khí độc rò rỉ từ hệ thống pin trên xe hybrid. Hãng xe Ford và một số đại lý đang phải đối mặt với vụ kiện vì tắc trách liên quan đến sự cố này.

#Ford #XeHybrid #PinXeHybrid #AnToàn #TinTức #HybridCar #CarSafety #EVBattery #Lawsuit

https://vietnamnet.vn/chu-xe-thiet-mang-vi-khi-doc-ro-ri-tu-he-thong-pin-xe-hybrid-2469140.html

The U.S. government announces major design changes to make the female crash test dummy more lifelike. @AssociatedPress has more:

https://flip.it/QK8Y4m

#Tech #Technology #USA #Cars #CarSafety

🔥 Lưu ý quan trọng cho dân công sở và người thường xuyên di chuyển!
Đừng bao giờ để laptop trong ô tô dù trời nóng hay lạnh ❄️ Nhiệt độ khắc nghiệt trong xe có thể:
- Gây phồng/rò rỉ PIN 💥
- Hỏng màn hình LCD 📉
- Giảm tuổi thọ linh kiện

Bảo vệ "dế cưng" của bạn khỏi nguy cơ hư hỏng đáng tiếc!
#LaptopCare #BảoVệLaptop #TechTips #MẹoCôngNghệ #CarSafety #AnToànÔTô

https://vietnamnet.vn/tai-sao-khong-nen-de-laptop-trong-o-to-du-troi-nong-hay-lanh-2462476.html

@Slashgear @suvs-and-crossovers-Slashgear

TL;DR
A standard house brick weight 5lbs, so just start putting bricks on the roof of your car until it caves in, then multiply 1 less than the number of bricks by 5

#ProTip
#SUV
#CarSafety

🚨 Vụ việc cô gái 27 tuổi tử vong trong cốp xe Chevrolet Cruze ở TP.HCM đang gây chấn động dư luận. Câu hỏi đặt ra là thiết kế cốp xe sedan có đặc điểm gì khiến người lỡ chui vào không thể thoát ra được? Liệu có nguy cơ ngạt khí không?

#ChevroletCruze #AnToànXe #TPHCM #OtoXeMay #CốpXe #NewsVietNam #CarSafety #Sedan #VietnamNews #CôngAn #VụViệcQuanTrọng

https://vietnamnet.vn/cop-xe-sedan-chevrolet-cruze-nguoi-chui-vao-thi-khong-the-thoat-ra-tu-ben-trong-2458941.html

Concept cars often times have regular front doors and suicide rear doors that open backwards (and no B-pillar) in order to "peel open" the car at the car show, to more easily show off the interior. It looks great.
Every now and then when a concept car makes it to production there's a car reviewer that goes "sadly they removed the suicide doors".
Like, you know why they're called suicide doors, right? It's not sad that they don't make it to production.
#Cars #Design #CarSafety #ConceptCars

Nữ tài xế ở Mỹ gây sốc khi khoe video TikTok lái xe với má phanh mòn đến mức "mỏng như giấy". Cư dân mạng hoảng hốt, chuyên gia cảnh báo nguy cơ mất phanh hoàn toàn. Đây là lời nhắc nhở quan trọng về việc bảo dưỡng xe định kỳ - an toàn tính mạng không thể xem thường! #OtoXeMay #CarMaintenance #AnToanGiaoThong #BrakeSafety #TikTok #DânMạng #BảoDưỡngXe #AnToànGiaoThông #CarSafety #DrivingTips

https://vietnamnet.vn/nu-tai-xe-khien-dan-mang-soc-vi-lai-xe-voi-ma-phanh-mon-nhu-giay-mong-2458105.html

https://www.evshift.com/344302/meet-the-refreshed-volvo-xc60-plug-in-hybrid/ Meet the refreshed Volvo XC60 Plug-in hybrid #CarDesign #CarSafety #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Hybrid #Hybrids #Meet #MidsizeSUV #phev #PlugInHybrid #PlugInHybrids #PlugIn #QuietCabin #Range #Refreshed #RefreshedXC60 #Safety #VehicleFeatures #VehicleSafety #volvo #VolvoCarSafety #VolvoCars #VolvoCarsSafety #VolvoFeatures #VolvoSafety #VolvoXc60 #XC60 #XC60Features #Xc60PlugInHybrid

Người phụ nữ 60 tuổi tử vong thương tâm khi bị kẹt đầu vào cửa sổ ô tô tự động đóng lại lúc đang lau dọn. Một tai nạn đáng tiếc nhắc nhở về an toàn khi sử dụng phương tiện. 🚗💔
#TaiNạn #AnToànÔTô #CảnhBáoAnToàn
#Accident #CarSafety #SafetyWarning

https://vtcnews.vn/ket-dau-vao-cua-so-o-to-khi-dang-lau-don-nguoi-phu-nu-chet-thuong-tam-ar970381.html

Người phụ nữ 60 tuổi tử vong thương tâm khi bị kẹt đầu vào cửa sổ ô tô tự động đóng lại lúc đang lau dọn. Một tai nạn đáng tiếc nhắc nhở về an toàn khi sử dụng phương tiện. 🚗💔
#TaiNạn #AnToànÔTô #CảnhBáoAnToàn
#Accident #CarSafety #SafetyWarning

https://vtcnews.vn/ket-dau-vao-cua-so-o-to-khi-dang-lau-don-nguoi-phu-nu-chet-thuong-tam-ar970381.html

US opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its "full self-driving"

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-full-selfdriving-investigation-nhtsa-1f7fe4da8df2abfa03341c30a0f1b8b5

#HackerNews #Tesla #Probe #FullSelfDriving #NHTSA #CarSafety #TechNews

Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open

https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-cybertruck-car-door-malfunction-2043976

#HackerNews #Tesla #Cybertruck #Crash #Rescuer #CarSafety #AutoNews #TechNews

https://www.evshift.com/338520/heart-rate-test-with-the-all-electric-ford-explorers-active-park-assist-shorts/ Heart Rate Test with the all-electric Ford Explorer’s Active Park Assist #Shorts #2025 #active #after #AllElectric #Assist #AutomotiveSafety #Beofre #Best #CarSafety #Company #ElectricCars #ElectricExplorer #ElectricSuv #ElectricVehicle #ElectricVehicles #EV #EvSafety #Explorers #ford #FordEurope #FordEv #FordExplorer #FordSafety #Heart #HeartRate #motor #Parallel #park #parking #rate #SafetyProven #SafetyTest #shorts #stress #SUVSafety #Test #Top #VehicleSafety

The follow-up, this time, city driving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcJnNbm-jUI #carsafety #adas #selfdriving #crashes

This video of self-driving cars tests by Chinese media outlet Dongchedi is truly an eye opener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xumyEf-WRI
These systems are not ready for real traffic. It's 90 minutes with subtitles, but worth it. #carsafety #adas #selfdriving #crashes

Incredible I haven’t seen this video before: https://youtu.be/C_r5UJrxcck
Something made me think of @TechConnectify (though I suspect he probably has seen this before) Via: Reddit. #vehiclesafety #classicvsnew #carsafety #crashtest #iihs

🚗🔌 Tesla's been told to put a sock in their overhyped #autopilot claims. Apparently, cars can't fly yet—shocking, right? 🤯 Maybe next they'll discover water is wet. 💧
https://www.latintimes.com/tesla-ordered-stop-deceptive-practices-cars-self-driving-capabilities-france-face-thousands-585563 #Tesla #Overhype #CarSafety #Innovation #Technology #News #HackerNews #ngated

"For a company that markets its cars as computers on wheels, Tesla’s claim that it had no data available in all these cases is surprising."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

#ElonMusk #TeslaCars #TeslaCrashes #TeslaSafety #CarSafety #SelfDriving #FullSelfDrive #CarCrashes #CrashData #TheGuardianUK

When your car's too smart for its own good: NHTSA is probing Tesla over door handles that *aren't* opening. Nine reports, including kids stuck inside. Is this a bug or an extreme anti-theft measure? What's the weirdest tech glitch you've encountered?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/tesla-probed-for-potentially-faulty-door-handles/
#Tesla #EV #TechNews #SoftwareBugs #CarSafety

When your car's too smart for its own good: NHTSA is probing Tesla over door handles that *aren't* opening. Nine reports, including kids stuck inside. Is this a bug or an extreme anti-theft measure? What's the weirdest tech glitch you've encountered?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/tesla-probed-for-potentially-faulty-door-handles/
#Tesla #EV #TechNews #SoftwareBugs #CarSafety

https://www.evshift.com/338298/electric-explorer-safety-test-shorts/ Electric Explorer Safety Test #Shorts #2025 #airbag #AutomotiveSafety #Best #CarCrash #CarProtection #CarSafety #Company #crash #CrashTest #CrashTestVideo #dummy #ELECTRIC #ElectricCars #ElectricExplorer #ElectricSuv #ElectricVehicle #ElectricVehicles #EV #EvSafety #Explorer #ford #FordEurope #FordEv #FordExplorer #FordSafety #motor #Safety #SafetyDemonstration #SafetyProven #SafetyTest #shorts #SUVSafety #Test #Top #VehicleSafety

Plotting a road trip in 2025? 🚗✨ Our ultimate guide covers safety, smart packing, eco-friendly hacks, and pet travel tips. Make every mile safer, greener, and stress-free. Ready to roll? #RoadTrip #TravelSmart #CarSafety #TravelTips
https://theurbanherald.com/road-trip-essentials-guide/

Why You Need a Dash Cam 🚗**

A **dash cam** protects you on the road by recording accidents, preventing fraud, and offering 24/7 parking security. It’s great for new drivers, fleet owners, and capturing unexpected moments. Stay safe, avoid false claims, and drive with confidence!

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#DashCam #CarSafety #DriveSmart

Street parking was already scarce in #Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to 👍end traffic fatalities.👍
For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success:
♦️Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017♦️, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.
Mayor Ravi Bhalla was a City Council member in 2015 when a van struck 89-year-old Agnes Accera as she crossed Washington Street in the bustling downtown business district. Bhalla didn’t know Accera but attended her wake and said her death inspired him to push for better safety.
“I felt it wasn’t acceptable,” Bhalla said. “Our seniors, who we owe the greatest duty of safety to, should be able to pass that street as safely as possible. For her to actually be killed was a trigger that we needed to take action.”
Bhalla became mayor in 2018 and the city fully committed to #Vision #Zero: 🔸a set of guidelines adopted by numerous cities, states and nations seeking to eliminate traffic deaths. 🔸
👉Proponents believe no accident is truly unavoidable and even want to do away with the word “accident” altogether when describing roadway fatalities.
#Sweden originated the concept more than a quarter-century ago, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete #Buttigieg touted Hoboken in 2022 when announcing his department would follow Vision Zero guidelines.
Major U.S. cities including #NewYork, #Minneapolis, #SanFrancisco, #Baltimore and #Portland, Oregon, have integrated aspects of the program into their safety plans,
including at least some form of #daylighting, the term for the removal of parking spaces near intersections to improve visibility.
#VisionZero #CarSafety
https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-daylighting-pedestrian-safety-007dec67706c1c09129da1436a3d9762

This is thinking a little outside the box for automotive brakes. Cooling the on-board brakes seems to be the issue, but the possibility of the brakes lasting the life of the vehicle is pretty tempting!

I'm sure it will have some good use cases...

https://www.autoblog.com/news/mercedes-wants-to-move-its-evs-brakes-to-the-middle-of-the-chassis

#Cars #CarSafety #AutomotiveTech

Cars in 2027: "I noticed someone in the back seat"
5 minutes later
"Still waiting on that seatbelt..."
10 minutes later
"I WILL turn this car around!" 😤

NHTSA mandating front seat reminders by 2026 & rear seat by 2027. Saving ~50 lives annually by making cars as persistent as your mom. #CarSafety

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/19/0038246/nhtsa-will-require-audible-seatbelt-reminders-for-everyone-in-the-car

"- The top five most dangerous cars are the Hyundai Venue, Chevrolet Corvette, Mitsubishi Mirage, Porsche 911, and Honda CR-V Hybrid, with fatal accident rates nearly five times higher than the average vehicle

- Two Teslas, the Model Y and Model S, make the most dangerous cars list despite Tesla’s advanced driver-assist technology

- Tesla also has the highest fatal accident rate by brand, followed by Kia, Buick, Dodge, and Hyundai

- Compact and subcompact cars have had the highest rate of fatal accidents by size, at 3.6 fatal accidents for every billion miles

- Full-size models have the lowest fatality rates by size, at 2.0 fatal accidents for every billion miles"

https://www.iseecars.com/most-dangerous-cars-study#v=2024

#CarSafety #Tesla #USA

In May, NHTSA warned Tesla over online posts that falsely suggested its cars are autonomous, citing concerns of driver safety and potential misinterpretation. 🚗⚠️ #Tesla #NHTSA #AutonomousVehicles #DriverSafety #TechRegulation #ElectricVehicles #SelfDriving #CarSafety #AutomotiveNews

The U.S. is set to impose a ban on connected cars using Chinese and Russian tech, citing national security risks. 🚗💻 This move aims to protect American roads from potential hacking threats and data breaches. The ban will affect new models starting in 2027 for software and 2030 for hardware. 🌐🔒 #CarSafety #TechSecurity #USPolicy Read more:

🔗 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/23/tech/us-car-software-ban-china-russia/index.html

⚠️ Cảnh báo: Euro NCAP khuyến cáo không nên mua xe MG3 Hybrid+ vì lỗi an toàn nghiêm trọng trong thử nghiệm va chạm. Mẫu xe hybrid giá rẻ nhất tại Anh này tiềm ẩn rủi ro cho người dùng.

#MG3Hybrid #EuroNCAP #AnToànÔTô #XeGiaRe #Ôtô #XeHybrid #SafetyAlert #CarSafety #GiáRẻ

https://vietnamnet.vn/mot-mau-o-to-gia-re-bi-to-chuc-danh-gia-an-toan-xe-canh-bao-khong-nen-mua-2442949.html

Stressful drive for Thanksgiving tonight. Saw two car accidents right in front of me. One involved an asshole in a gigantic pickup truck weaving in and out of traffic loose control fly over a guardrail and become stuck in trees just over a bridge and right before entering the water. The other was a 15 mph rear end accident in traffic caused but another large pickup truck in the trees of the center of the highway. When not in traffic it started raining. 2 hour drive turned to 3. What irks me about these accidents is that 1. It was before people on the roads are drunk(er than normal) and 2. People travel in groups and families more often than you normally see. That means dude* that flew into the trees at 80 mph could have hurt his family all to save a few minutes on a long drive. Hate to think about it. Had to have a beer when I arrived. No more driving tonight for me.

*If it was a woman driver, she was driving with high levels of toxic masculinity, so there is a reason for my assumption of gender.

#Thanksgiving
#HolidayStress
#driving
#DrivingTooFast
#CarSafety

Replacing physical buttons and switches in cars with touchscreens, for “clean” design and lower manufacturing cost, is a safety hazard.

“The driver in the worst-performing car needs four times longer to perform simple tasks”

http://www.vibilagare.se/english/physical-buttons-outperform-touchscreens-new-cars-test-finds

#ViBilägare
#cardesign
#carsafety

#AdaptiveCruiseControl(ACC) #AIgovernance #AIIntegration #augmentedreality #AutomatedDriving #AutonomousDriving #autonomousvehicles #autopilottechnology #BlockchainforSecurity #carsafety #Cloudcomputing #cybersecurity #DataAnonymization #Dataprivacy #deeplearning #DifferentialPrivacy #edgecomputing #encryption #ethicalAI #FailoverProtocols

https://miltonmarketing.com/computer-programming-languages/custom-code/revolutionizing-autonomy-introducing-a-next-generation-algorithm-for-autopilot-cars/

#AdaptiveCruiseControl(ACC) #AIgovernance #AIIntegration #augmentedreality #AutomatedDriving #AutonomousDriving #autonomousvehicles #autopilottechnology #BlockchainforSecurity #carsafety #Cloudcomputing #cybersecurity #DataAnonymization #Dataprivacy #deeplearning #DifferentialPrivacy #edgecomputing #encryption #ethicalAI #FailoverProtocols

https://miltonmarketing.com/computer-programming-languages/custom-code/revolutionizing-autonomy-introducing-a-next-generation-algorithm-for-autopilot-cars/