National Highway Traffic Safety Administration- Boston Big Dig Disaster

Most people remember that July 10, 2006 was another regular day in their lives. Regarding Angel Del Valle, that day he lost his wife, the most proud asset of his life. When they entered a new area of ​​contact tunnel from Boston to Ted Williams Tunnel, the ceiling collapsed from above and immediately killed Millena del Valle, who was driving at that time. "At least 12 tons of concrete dropped from the ceiling of the Big Dig tunnel in Boston, women were attacked in the car and expressed concern about the consistency of the highway project in the center of the city, It was held at Inter Milan 40 ft. Ceiling

Joan Craybrook, former manager of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Bureau and advocating automobile safety for many years, says: "Takata made a long way to go so far and tried to suppress information on disasters using these bad airbags, which is an important part." Today, Takata said it would be safe to handle ammonium nitrate correctly I will keep on arguing. In addition to using this compound for new airbags, we also use it for replacement airbags to recall vehicles. A company spokesperson said that it is wrong to do too much research at Pennsylvania State University, which he called "incorrect and incomplete" explanation of the propellant.

Airbags are an important part of this trend. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in the event of a head-on collision, the front airbag can reduce the driver's death by 29% and the passengers in the front seats over the age of 13 by 32%. Looking at today's new car, there are a pair of airbags of front airbag, side torso airbag, side airbag. Some vehicles are equipped with rear seat airbags. Knee airbag: This small airbag is designed to minimize damage to the lower limbs when in contact with the instrument panel. The knee airbag is in the foot space and it is under the steering column on the driver's seat side and under the glove box on the front passenger seat side. David Zuby, chief research officer at IIHS said that more automakers are now participating in knee airbags by the Federal government's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) test.

The National Highway Road Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is the official organization of the US government to promote safe driving, and several organizations have claimed this cause. The National Security Council (NSC) and the American Automobile Association (AAA) promote learning seminars in the workplace and the classroom nationwide, and the Governor's Road Safety Association (GHSA) carries out driving prevention that was distressed at the state level We are encouraging. Perhaps the most effective promotion of safe driving habits starts at the grassroots level. Many of these organizations have materials used by schools and businesses, local groups start their own programs, educate beginners and experienced drivers in the best practices, make it safe and focused It helps to keep lifelong habits of driving.