2/09/2009

Car Insurance

Remember that it is important to have a car insurance; It is required by law. This is a very good idea because accidents can happen anyway. When getting an insurance, you should know the minimum insurance level for your car; By doing this you can avoid getting in trouble when you are pulled over. You can find this information at several places, like an insurance agency, insurance company, the local police department, and you local department of motor vehicles. Fortunately, most states require bodily injury liability insurance, which is a good idea because it pays for injury to others. They also require personal injury protection insurance, and property damage liability insurance.
Used car owners can get better deals on their insurances by playing around with comprehensive and collision coverage levels. Keep this in mind when you work with your insurance agent. In general, new car owners will have to pay more for their car insurances than used car owners.
There is a number of good insurance companies that you can contact. Here are a few of them:
State Farm
Geico
Allstate
AAA Insurance.

Don´t forget to always drive safely.

2/05/2009

Brakes

Brakes are very important in a Car. Before a big trip, you should always check your brake fluid. There are several types of brakes in a car:

Disk Brake

Drum Brake

ABS Antilock Brake

All these type of brakes work well. Car manufacturers install a specific type of brake depending on the characteristics of the car; For a faster car you need a better brake.


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Airbags

Airbags.- Airbags became standard approximately since
the year 2000. They became very popular since then. Most of them are installed to protect the passengers in the front sit; But also there are some that are installed on the sides of the car. These later ones are relatively new. Most of cars manufactured before the year 2000 did not come with airbags as a standard safety feature.

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Seat belts

Seat belts.- With the new cars you don’t have a big problem.
Most new cars comes well equipped with seat belts for the front sit, and back sit. Unfortunately most people don’t use the back sit seat belts. All the seat belts are important in a car. If you don’t use them , you can injure yourself flying through the front sits. So remember, always buckle up.
The main problem with seat belts comes with used cars. This is because most of them stop working properly. Always check for good seat belts when you buy used cars.


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Prevention

The main idea of car safety is prevention; by doing this you keep to an absolute mínimum the chances of an accident; So that everybody is safe.

Car Safety Ideas

When you think about car safety many ideas comes to your mind. You start thinking about:
Seat belts
Airbags
Brakes
Materials the car is made off.
Crash tests
Speed
Tyres
How old the car is
Type of car
Recommendations from manufacturer
Car maintenance.
Which persons would more likely ride in the car
Drivers
Driving habits
So as you can see there is a lot of stuff that you can do to feel more secure each time you ride your car.
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