SHOPSMART AUTOS – CUSTOMER INFORMATION – SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 Rear Cabin Production (Pt.2)
SHOPSMART AUTOS – CUSTOMER INFORMATION – SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 Rear Cabin Production (Pt.2) Change Is Coming The IIHS is already in the process of introducing a rear-seat front-crash test. IIHS will start evaluating rear seat-belt reminder systems as soon as 2022 and will incorporate those ratings into its influential Top Safety Pick ratings, which highlight the safest vehicles it evaluates each year. These reminders are designed to make sure kids in the back seat stay buckled and secured, but it will also help ride-hailing drivers like Anderson know whether their passengers are belted. Congress ordered NHTSA to mandate rear seat-belt reminders in all new vehicles by 2015, but the agency is only now deciding how to implement the requirement after years of delays and a lawsuit filed by safety groups. As the auto industry and regulators begin to focus on rear-seat safety, researchers and automakers are developing new ways to keep passengers safe. Here’s a look at what you might expect to see in the near future.Virtual crash tests: Crash-test ratings aren’t yet available for rear-seat safety, but researchers are already using computerized models of the human body to help fine-tune safety systems for rear passengers
Rear-seat airbags: Airbags prevent injury by spreading out crash forces and keeping occupants from striking hard surfaces. Mercedes-Benz and Ford already offer optional inflatable rear seat belts, which are designed to reduce forces on the wearer’s chest. The 2021 Mercedes S-Class sedan will get rear airbags that deploy from the backs of the front seats and are meant to offer additional head, neck, and shoulder protection for rear occupants. Automotive supplier ZF also has developed a production-ready rear airbag called Self Conforming Rearseat Airbag, or SCaRAB, which the company says several automakers have expressed interest in installing in upcoming vehicles. Additional testing may be necessary to make sure rear airbags are compatible with child car seats.
Personalized safety: In the future, back seats might be designed to automatically adjust to meet the safety needs of occupants of all ages, shapes, and sizes. Just as today’s vehicles have presets that can adjust seats for comfort, tomorrow’s vehicles may have presets that customize safety features for different occupants. And some of those adjustments may be automated. Already, the driver’s seat of some Mercedes-Benz and Genesis vehicles can automatically adjust to an ideal driving position when a driver inputs his or her height and weight.
Seat manufacturers and safety researchers are working on how to use that data to optimize safety features, too.
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