have electronic stability control, this relatively new technology can vehicles and 40 percent in passenger cars, according to University of Michigan researchers.
the driver," said John Woodrooffe of the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
"When it senses loss of vehicle control, it reduces engine in line.
It does all this in the background without input from the driver."
A new study by Woodrooffe and UMTRI colleague Paul E. Green -- the crashes, weather conditions, gender and age.
single-vehicle crashes for passenger cars by 30 percent.
Corresponding percentage reductions for non-fatal, loss-of-control crashes are 70 percent for SUVs and 55 percent for passenger cars.
automotive safety technology since the seat belt," Woodrooffe said.
"It provides benefits in various driving conditions, specifically in cases of oversteering and understeering. It also provides safety skidding or sliding on wet, snowy or icy roads," he said.
They compared vehicles, both SUVs and passenger According to the study, electronic stability control can be especially effective on wet and slippery roads.
The odds of non-fatal, loss-of-control crashes on roads that are wet, snowy or 75 percent for passenger cars with electronic stability control.
dry roads, the corresponding percentages are 53 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
drivers involved in non-fatal, loss-of-control crashes.
The benefits of electronic stability control were similar for both genders.
in SUVs without electronic stability control. In addition, the aggressive drivers, yet both genders benefit from the technology," Green said.
The researchers also found differences according to age in non-fatal, loss-of-control crashes. Drivers in their mid-30s and 40s benefit the most in passenger cars with electronic stability control, while the odds of SUV crashes is reduced the most for those over 70.
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