• Thatcham gives safety ranking

    • 6 July 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New car sales figures released today reveal that the majority of the most popular cars in Britain now offer five-star crash protection, but standard fitment of Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is still only available on half of them Analysis by independent safety experts, Thatcham Research, confirms that five of [...]
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  • Euro NCAP launches website in Chinese

    • 27 April 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Magazine, News
    While the Beijing Motor Show has just started, Euro NCAP is announcing the launch of its website in Mandarin Chinese After English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian and Turkish, Chinese has become the tenth language in which content on the Euro NCAP website is available The addition of [...]
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  • Skoda Superb joins top safety ranks

    • 24 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Euro NCAP has recently conducted safety tests on the large family Skoda Superb and on the Hyundai i20 and FIAT Panda Cross superminis The Skoda Superb has joined the ranks of the latest top safety achievers thanks to robust crash protection and its Autonomous Emergency Braking systems The Superb is also equipped [...]
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  • MINI’s Augmented Vision concept

    • 1 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    MINI has unveiled a concept augmented reality system based on a pair of high-tech glasses that give you information about the world around you plus navigation and safety views The concept was introduced at the Shanghai Auto Show and MINI hope the high tech glasses would also help improve safety in cars, giving the [...]
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  • Customers choose cost over safety

    • 8 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Car manufacturers who produce cheaper cars over more expensive and safer vehicles are likely to see rises in production levels OSV Ltd’s report finds adults in the UK are more concerned with the cost and less bothered by safety Overall 53% of the UK would pick a car based on the cost rather than its safety [...]
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  • Dip your toe into safety footwear

    • 29 April 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Workers across all industries are putting themselves at risk by wearing footwear that is not appropriate for their work environment according to a warning from workplace equipment supplier Slingsby As part of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, employers must provide workers with suitable [...]
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  • Euro NCAP reveals latest ratings

    • 22 April 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The following car models have recently undergone Euro NCAP crash tests: The new large MPV Renault Espace is awarded 5 stars in the latest Euro NCAP safety test results The Suzuki Vitara supermini also receives 5 stars, and picks up points for its Autonomous Emergency Braking system (included in the rating scheme [...]
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  • TecAlliance offers recall solution

    • 14 April 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    With 577 vehicle manufacturer recalls issued during 2014, TecAlliance is offering workshops its TecRMI package which is able to directly access internal VM bulletins, service notices and recalls ‘I’m pretty sure that workshops would be amazed to hear that there were 577 vehicle manufacturer recalls issued [...]
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  • Road safety still a concern

    • 9 April 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The next government must make road safety a top priority with more than 50% of motorists believing the current administration had not made the issue enough of a concern, according to a survey conducted by the IAM A total of 2,156 people took part in the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) survey throughout March [...]
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  • Consumers demand vehicle safety

    • 7 April 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new customer research study from Frost & Sullivan has found European consumers rank vehicle safety second only to reliability A new customer research study from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Insight into Voice of European Consumers on Passenger Car Safety Systems, has detailed the findings from web-based [...]
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