| Car safety is a critical component in the design of | | | | well! |
| any new car nowadays, and no manufacturer will | | | | The auto pilot function for instance is one such |
| have a license to build and sell cars, if they don't | | | | example. By enabling the car to drive itself on open |
| comply with all the car safety aspects. With the | | | | stretches, it ensures that drivers don't feel the need |
| increase in technology and the resultant conveniences | | | | to take their eyes off the road. Rather, they enable |
| in our lives, the aspect of safety too has come to | | | | the driver to rest, thereby making for an enhanced |
| the fore. This is especially true in the case of | | | | driving experience, by taking on some of the |
| automobiles. | | | | monotonous aspects of driving on themselves. |
| Car safety takes on several forms in this | | | | Seat belts and crash balloons have almost become a |
| technological era. While the person driving the car is | | | | permanent fixture inside all cars, even in lesser |
| still responsible for adhering to driving safety | | | | developed countries. Most countries nowadays have |
| regulations, increasingly, small computers and micro | | | | specific regulations pertaining to the useof car safety |
| processors are taking on the role of the car safety | | | | features like the seat belt and the crash balloon. In |
| keepers. All cars nowadays come with a certain | | | | fact, some countries often issue hefty fines to |
| degree of automation, and when it concerns car | | | | drivers and passengers who drive without latching |
| safety, these aspects are mandatory. | | | | themselves in. |
| Gone are the days when the safety of the car | | | | But car safety is often more than cosmetic. |
| depended on the individual driving it. That was | | | | Manufacturers of cars nowadays have to test the |
| probably restricted to them old vintage cars, when | | | | car in a variety of possible scenarios in order to |
| moving along was the critical component. But with | | | | ensure that factors like crash zone, damage control |
| the ever increasing number of cars on our roads and | | | | and the like are minimized. This has resulted not only |
| the heightened speed limits at which they drive along, | | | | in a better build structure of cars, but has also |
| car safety is no longer an option. It has become a | | | | ensured that the entire driving experience is made |
| critical aspect of the car manufacturing process itself. | | | | better, made safer and made absolutely secure. |
| Not only that, it has become compulsory by law as | | | | |