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AutoSafety.sPubDate = "2/16/2006 7:36:16 PM GMT";
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AutoSafety.appHeader = "fact file | Cutting-edge auto safety";
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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "After working for decades to reduce deaths and injuries from automobile accidents using safety belts and air bags, car makers and their suppliers are increasingly shifting their focus to crash prevention. <p>Select a safety technology at left to learn more.";

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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>LEDs are new arrivals in car tail lamps and rear-window brake lights, and now automakers are using clusters of them to do the job of headlights. The benefits are plentiful, experts say: LEDs are brighter than regular light bulbs, quicker to illuminate and hard-wearing (while a light bulb only lasts about 500 hours running continuously, a LED can last for as long as 100,000 hours).";

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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>As car safety technology moves from being reactive to more proactive, luxury cars like those in the 2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class are including radar-guided systems that sense when a car might crash and take evasive action (warning the driver, tightening seat belts, closing the sunroof and applying the brakes).";

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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Side-impact collisions pose the greatest risk of injury to vehicle occupants, and so high-tech side curtain airbags, which provide head and neck protection for passengers in the front or rear seat of a car, are becoming more common, especially for family cars. Front-impact airbags now include sensors that identify children and very small adults and deploy an airbag with less force.";

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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>A reversing camera is an added boon to drivers of large cars who want to reverse into tight spaces, and with hundreds of children reportedly killed each year in non-traffic accidents, perhaps more importantly a reversing camera is a big safety plus.";

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AutoSafety[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Anti-lock brakes have been a feature in cars for decades, but the technology used to control a car&#146;s movement in extreme conditions is improving all the time. BMW&#146;s xDrive all-wheel-drive system, for example, aims to deliver optimum traction in bad driving conditions by instantly delivering power to the axle that needs it most.";

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