Seatbelt

GM is issuing a recall for the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV over a defect that can cause the second-row seatbelt to tear in a crash. Chevy Silverado EV recall issued over seatbelt defect According to a letter sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), GM is recalling certain 2024 Chevy Silverado EV models. The letter states an incorrect seatbelt bezel (seat belt buckle cover) on the second-row center seat belt may damage or tear during a crash. GM says 352 electric Chevy…

The Kerala Government installed 726 AI cameras on National and State Highways earlier this year. These cameras were placed across the state as part of the Safe Kerala Project. However, controversies arose regarding this new system upon its implementation. The cameras are tasked with monitoring vehicles for various offenses and automatically generating challans. Recently, an image of a Kerala Police vehicle, with officials not wearing seat belts, went viral on the internet. Subsequently, a challan was issued for the…

The Apple Car project continues to trundle on despite reports of various management and engineer changes in recent years, and who knows whether anything will ever come of the so-called Project Titan. But project or not, the patents keep on coming.The latest is related to one of the least exciting but arguably most important parts of a car — seatbelts. And you just knew that if Apple was going to reinvent the humble seatbelt, it wasn't going to just tweak it and call it a day. Instead, Apple's seatbelt patent is an…

Last Updated: May 05, 2023, 15:56 ISTMaruti Suzuki Baleno Gets a New Safety Feature (Photo: Nexa)Besides three-point seatbelt for the rear center passenger, Maruti Suzuki Baleno also gets ESP and Hill hold as standard featuresMaruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, has added an important safety feature to its popular premium hatchback, Baleno. The latest safety update for the Baleno includes a three-point seatbelt for the rear centre passenger. Although Maruti has given this update only to the Baleno for now, it will…

Reported By: Mayank GuptaLast Updated: May 05, 2023, 11:10 IST2023 Hyundai Verna 1.5 L Turbo (Photo: Paras Yadav/ News18.com)All the variants of each and every Hyundai car/SUV sold in India will feature 3-point seatbelt and seat belt reminder as standard safety featuresHyundai India, taking customer safety to possibly the highest level, has standardized 3-point seatbelt and seat belt reminder for all seats across its entire vehicle range in the country. The company has already been offering 6-airbags as standard safety…

Uber, the ride-hailing app, has launched a new feature known as "Audio Seat-belt Reminder" to improve passenger safety while in transit. The new feature is part of Uber's ongoing efforts to enhance its services and increase passenger safety.The "Audio Seat-belt Reminder" feature will remind passengers to fasten their seat belts before starting every trip, regardless of whether they are sitting in the front or back seat of the car.When a passenger enters the car, the driver's phone will play an audio reminder, asking…

Photo: Jeff J Mitchell (Getty Images)British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing his seatbelt while filming a social media video in a moving car. Sunak was visiting three towns in the north of England when he posted the video promoting his ‘leveling up’ program on Instagram. The video has since been taken down but can be seen in a YouTube video posted by The Guardian. The program Sunak was promoting aims to reduce regional inequality by improving education, broadband, and transportation services to…

<!----> Warm enough? ZF says it has developed a heated seat belt option for electric vehicles. The technology allows drivers to reduce the energy used to heat the vehicle — especially in combination with other contact heaters such as a seat heater. ZF claims that during cold…

The sudden demise of industrialist Cyrus Mistry was an eye-opener for the ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) towards road safety concerns. Mistry died in 2022 in a fatal car crash, and the initial investigations revealed that the businessman was not wearing a seat belt while the accident took place. Since then, the subject of road safety has become more serious than ever before, and now WHO has come up with a shocking set of data on the subject. According to the data released by MORTH, around 8 out of 10…

As per the new safety norms in India, Car manufacturers must offer safety features like dual-airbags, reverse parking sensors, seat belt reminders and ABS as standard with all variants. All the cars that are currently sold in the market follow these rules. However, we still come across accident reports where people have lost their lives. One of the recent incident that many of you might remember is of Cyrus Mistry, who was the former chairman of Tata Sons. In that accident, Cyrus Mistry and his friend were killed…