Chevrolet Safety

Here at Chevrolet Auto, we're following on from the last post Chevrolet Chicago Corvette Club, where we looked at the local Chevrolet Chicago Corvette Club, we'll take a look at some of the safety features that are being incorporating into automobiles built by Chevrolet. readers will, I'm sure, find this interesting.

When it comes to Chevrolet motoring, your family's safety matters more than anything. Whether you're just driving on a short errand around town or you're off on a cross-country road trip, you'll be glad to know that totally committed to safety is Chevrolet. People know that means keeping you and your family safe from the beginning of your journey right the way to your destination.

Most Chevrolet auto owners' vehicles that are built today come with comprehensive safety and security features designed to help protect you and your family in most models produced by Chevrolet. Truck and car drivers can rest easy.

Well, what does that all mean?

Well, before you even get into your Chevrolet auto, you have the assurance that safety is well catered for with a host of features such as:

ABS: The Anti-Lock Braking system helps you to maintain steering control by reducing the effect of wheel lockup during hard braking on most slippery surfaces.

Traction Control: This highly important safety feature helps to reduce wheel spin under acceleration on surfaces that are slippery. Most traction control systems combine the ABS speed sensors with brakes along with a Powertrain Control Module (PCM) to help your vehicle's tyres maintain traction on the road.

DRLs: Daytime Running Lamps are basically reduced-intensity lights on the front of vehicles designed to automatically illuminate when the vehicle is started. They're function is to make the vehicle easier to see by other drivers and also pedestrians, in a variety of daytime conditions you may encounter whilst driving, such as fog, mist, rain and bright sunlight. For Chevrolet drivers, they have to deal with pretty much all of those conditions and more.

Why have DRLs? Well, they help reduce crashes and injuries, thereby saving lives. DRLs are most effective in preventing collisions when a vehicle is pulling out in front of another vehicle, changing lanes on multi-lane roads or passing other vehicles on two-lane rural roads.

DIC: The Driver Information Center keeps the driver informed of key vehicle functions while you're on the road. Depending on which vehicle you are driving, the DIC displays various information including door ajar, trunk open, change oil, hot coolant temperature, low oil pressure, low fuel, low washer fluid etc.

StabiliTrak: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study estimated that the addition of electronic stability control systems to every vehicle could mean as many as 10,000 fatal crashes are avoided in the U.S. annually.

The StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Control System fitted to many Chevrolet models helps you stay the course by detecting the difference between the steering wheel angle and the direction the vehicle is actually turning. StabiliTrak analyzes information such as steering wheel position, amount of sideways force in play, speed of the vehicle and vehicle's response to steering wheel position. The system then uses the brakes and, if necessary, adjusts the engine torque to help you keep your vehicle on track.

So for Chevrolet drivers, there's a whole heap of safety features incorporated into your Chevrolet vehicle. We'll look at more safety features in a later article here at the Chevrolet GPS information site.

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