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