Minivan Floor Mats

Ford Motors has made great efforts in recent years to improve the quality, safety and design of its vehicles. And most recently his 2007 Acura MDX SUV with the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable have been able to get the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the Top Safety. It just shows that all the efforts of Ford were not in vain because it is successful.

Vehicles that are given this designation are those with superior protection from collisions between vehicles in their class ---- which is, according to an Institute press release. How to qualify? For a vehicle to qualify for Top Safety Pick award, they must be able to earn the highest rating of good in all three (front, side and rear) tests of the Institute.

Another qualification for the vehicles to be equipped with electronic stability control ESC or what is considered a standard on the MDX and offered as an option for Taurus and Sable beginning with 2008 models.

Originally only 13 vehicles including minivans, cars, vans and SUVs qualified for the 2007 competition. But since manufacturers are developing new models or enhance their existing security, the Institute has decided to add winners throughout the year. The addition of MDX, Taurus and Sable, consumers are now more options, since there are 18 cars, SUVs, vans and provide a top-rated crash protection and ESC.

How are the vehicles?
The Institute conducts assessments of frontal crashworthiness are based on the results of 40 mph frontal offset crash tests. The overall assessment of each vehicle is based on measurements of intrusion into the passenger compartment. A Hybrid III dummy is used to measure the severity of injuries in the driver's seat. The entire procedure is videotaped to assess the extent to which the restraint system controlled dummy traffic during the test.

For the secondary endpoints, the test vehicle was struck by a moving barrier at 31 mph. this barrier represents the front of a truck or SUV. Two dummies instrumented SID-II are used for this test to evaluate the cons-social protection measures and the structural performance of the vehicle during impact.

Injuries obtained by the two models, one placed on the driver's seat and the other on the back seat behind the driver are used to determine the possible threat that the driver and / or passenger will get a real car accident crash . The movements and impacts on the heads of the dummies during tests are also evaluated. The structural performance is based on measurements indicating the amount of B-pillar intrusion into the passenger compartment.

Protection against rear impact is assessed in accordance with a two-step procedure. The starting points for the estimates are based on the geometry of head restraints which is the height of a restraint and its horizontal distance behind the back of the head of a man of medium height. To determine if the seat / head restraints have a good or acceptable geometry of a model is used to measure forces on the neck. This test simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear at 20 mph. The seats are not to be a good or acceptable geometry are given failing grades because they can not fully protect passengers.

The test does not include the control of the vehicle if the interior of the possession of automotive accessories such as car mats and others. His main concern is safety and characteristics of the vehicle crashworthiness.