Safety


Be Aware of Your Blind Spots

SUVOA encourages its supporters to learn more about blind spots of your vehicle and the danger to pedestrians. Please read a report issued by Consumer Reports that has measured the blind spots of a number of popular models. Consumer Reporters states that the best defense against backover accidents is to get out of your vehicle and check behind it just before you back up. If kids are nearby, make sure you can see them while backing up. More and more auto manufacturers are offering sensor technologies that can better detect objects in rear blind spots. Also, for your current vehicle, there are after-market products available at auto stores and on the Internet.

Consumer Reports on Blind Spots

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Safety Belts

What's the most important thing you can do to protect yourself or your family if you are involved in a traffic crash? Some might say it's to make sure your insurance is paid up - but they'd be wrong. That just protects you against liability and the cost of repairing your vehicle after a crash.

Want the best insurance policy for you and your family? Make it your policy - and your habit - to wear safety belts in all your vehicle travel. The single most effective thing you can do to reduce the possibility of being seriously hurt or killed in a car crash is to make sure everyone in the vehicle wears a safety belt.

> Other Safe Driving Tips

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Teens & SUVs

With the popularity of sport utility vehicles and the increasing number of older models moving into the used car market, more teens are driving SUVs-and many of them may not realize they handle differently than cars.

Teens, especially younger ones, have the highest crash rates-and unfortunately, the highest fatality rates. Crashes involving teen drivers of SUVs are getting more attention from the news media recently.

What can parents do to help keep their teenagers safe behind the wheel? Learn the facts.

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SUVs Drive Differently

All vehicles have different driving and handling characteristics and must be driven differently. For example, driving a sports car is very different from driving an SUV. Even though you might think that's stating the obvious, many people don't realize it's true - especially new drivers. > more

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