Pickup Trucks Struggle To Meet New IIHS Seat Belt Reminder Warnings | Carscoops carscoops
, Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-150, Ford Maverick, and Ford Ranger. These mostly failed to impress the IIHS because their reminder were too quiet and lasted less than eight seconds.The Hyundai Santa Cruz
and the Nissan Frontier both satisfied all of the safety organization’s requirements for front seat passengers, but neither had second-row reminders, and, therefore, earned “Acceptable” ratings. This test is particularly important for pickup trucks because nearly a third of deaths in the vehicles in 2020 occurred in
, in which the use of seatbelts is a major factor in survival. The drivers of these vehicles also aren’t great at wearing the safety device.are less likely to buckle up than occupants of other vehicles, so effective reminders are especially important for these vehicles,” says IIHS President David Harkey. “This is a solvable problem.”
Indeed, in previous research, the IIHS found that persistent and noticeable alerts could increase seatbelt usage by as much as 34 percent among those who do not routinely buckle up. That’s the equivalent of 1,500 lives saved per year.
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