Please cover in detail the safety features as to reliability, quality and cost of airbags, disc brakes, ABS, suspension systems, seat strength, power steering and frame and door strength. We listen to these readers, and over the years, we have done our best to give them what they want. Clearly, as these letters demonstrate, safety is highly valued by consumers. CU knows this, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows this. The number may be higher now.
People hunger for safety information.
Perhaps not the 18 year old looking for a red soft top convertible, but certainly car buyers who are transporting children, spouses and parents, who are the vast majority of passenger vehicle buyers in this country. CU's Technical Director R.David Pittle served, notes that car buyers have over the past two decades grown increasingly interested and concerned about safety in their new car purchases. According to this report, prospective car buyers rated safety 3rd in importance in selecting a new car, up from 5th ten years earlier. This makes sense. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.