Car Safety

Uber adds rear seatbelt reminder, SOS integration with cops in India

Uber has launched SOS integration with local police to share critical information with them, including live location

TMS Ep302: Meta Inc, NCAP ratings, markets, two-factor authentication

Is Meta Inc severance package a lesson for others? What does it cost to build cars with good NCAP ratings? Will indices scale new highs before 2022 ends? What's two-factor authentication? Answers here

What does it cost to build cars with good NCAP ratings?

The government is getting serious about car safety, as over one lakh fifty thousand people lose their lives on Indian roads every year. What does it cost to make a car with good NCAP ratings?

Gadkari urges automakers to adopt global safety norms for cars in India

Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said majority of automobile manufacturers in India are already exporting cars with six airbags, and there is a need to adopt similar safety norms for cars in the country, stressing that they should also think about safety of people using small economy cars. Addressing the annual session of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), Gadkari pointed out that every year, some 5 lakh road accidents kill 1.5 lakh people and injure over 3 lakh. "Majority of automobile manufacturers in India are exporting cars with 6 airbags. But in India, because of the economic model and cost, they are hesitating," he said. Gadkari wondered why automobile manufacturers are not thinking about the lives of people using economy cars in India. Mostly, lower middle-class people buy small economy cars. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system which interferes between the driver and the vehicle's dashboard during a collision, ...

Term cover is not enough, buy personal accident cover too: Experts

This policy is especially handy when an accident results in disability, impairing a person's earning capacity

Nitin Gadkari approves draft of Bharat-NCAP car safety rating system

Cars in India were so far following Global-NCAP; it is not immediately clear whether the new standardised Indian tests or the consequent ratings will be mandatory

Renault Kiger earns 4-star adult safety rating in Global NCAP crash test

Automaker Renault on Tuesday said its sub-four metre compact SUV Kiger has received four-star safety rating for adult occupant safety by Global NCAP, the foremost global car assessment programme.

Maruti Suzuki announces its largest recall to rectify safety defects

The recalled vehicles will be inspected and if any fault is found in their motor generator unit, that will be replaced free of cost

Indian carmakers improve safety but yet to reach international levels

India wasn't applying widespread crash testing like foreign countries do, so manufacturers didn't see the need for an investment focus on safety

US probes Mercedes vans for sensor issues causing unwanted acceleration

The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers about 160,000 Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vans from the 2011 through 2018 model years

Tata Altroz gets 5-star adult safety rating in Global NCAP test

Tata Motors said the Global NCAP evaluated the car for both front and side impacts

Five cars fail safety test

Kwid, Celerio, Eeco, Scorpio & Eon rated zero in examination by UK agency