| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 139955 | 2015-07-29 02:27:00 | Anybody got the web address to check vehicle safety ratings? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1405571 | 2015-07-29 02:27:00 | I want to see how my Mazda 6 Sportwagon rates as it has 8 airbags etc, and has had its shonky airbags replaced FOC. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1405572 | 2015-07-29 02:46:00 | rightcar.govt.nz Is that the once you're thinking about? |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1405573 | 2015-07-29 04:05:00 | Thanks Wratterus Unfortunately you were close, but no cigar. I had found that one earlier and noted with some pleasure that my Mazda 6 has a five star rating, and that is before the extra airbags and wheel/suspension tweaks of the Sportwagon are taken into account, so I should have a lower premium. What I am looking for is the ACC?? website that determines the increased premium you pay for lower safety ratings. These are challengable, and although I should be OK, I need to find out what rating they applied. I have friends with later model vehicles that include all the safety features but are being given a low-grade safety rating with a higher premium based on a generic model name. Cheers Billy 8-{) Found it: rightcar.govt.nz and I am in the right band (4) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1405574 | 2015-07-30 05:08:00 | I believe none of it. I blame Ralph Nader and the Americans who wouldn't wear seatbelts. Cars are not crash tested at 100kph, nor even 70kph. In head ons, the survivors these days are those with a full chassis, never mind plastic bags and fancy brakes. I had quite a few accidents in one car we owned. Got rammed from the back by a bus, head on with a Triumph, front on into the side of a Valiant pulling out...etc. In all cases the most major damage to our car was a small dent in the over rider. It had a full chassis and was built like a tank. No crumple zones at all. Give me one of them any day. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1405575 | 2015-07-30 05:23:00 | While I want to agree with you..... www.youtube.com ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1405576 | 2015-07-30 05:29:00 | www.dailymail.co.uk To paraphrase the dog and lemon guide in a head on collision size matters. The largest vehicle tends to take much less damage and suffer less severe impact forces so people in large vehicles that hit smaller ones tend to come off better. However if you are in the smaller vehicle or hit a solid object then the only thing that can help you are safety features, you know - plastic bags, fancy brakes, and crumple zones. Any force your vehicle soaks up is force you don't have to. If it just immediately stops with no physical damage at all you will be smashed to a bloody pulp inside it anyway. A solid Chassis protects the vehicle from damage in a minor accident, crumple zones etc protect the passengers at the expense of the vehicle. Keep your Chassis and I'll stick to modern vehicles with good safety ratings. Sounds like you have more accidents than me, must be dangerous on the roads where you drive. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1405577 | 2015-07-30 20:46:00 | A solid Chassis protects the vehicle from damage in a minor accident, crumple zones etc protect the passengers at the expense of the vehicle. Keep your Chassis and I'll stick to modern vehicles with good safety ratings. Sounds like you have more accidents than me, must be dangerous on the roads where you drive. That Bel Air had no side rails. Crumpled just like the modern ones do....must be safe huh. As for the accidents, we did have that old car for 15 years....3 accidents in it in that time - and none were my fault. If I could have kept it, I would have. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1405578 | 2015-07-30 20:51:00 | You could try www.acc.co.nz | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1405579 | 2015-07-30 22:20:00 | However if you are in the smaller vehicle or hit a solid object then the only thing that can help you are safety features, you know - plastic bags, fancy brakes, and crumple zones. Any force your vehicle soaks up is force you don't have to. If it just immediately stops with no physical damage at all you will be smashed to a bloody pulp inside it anyway. A few years back , a TV car show took a Brand new, small, 5star safety rated car, with multiple air bags crumple zone etc, & ran it into a concrete barrier A medical expert looked at the result & said the driver would have easily survived, but would have died at the scene due to blood loss from damage to his legs. So much for the crumple zone and the intact safety zone . My car, Old Ford Laser, has one of the worst safety rating around. Dog & Lemon gave it a 'death' rating for safety :stare: But in reality , the chances of a head on a damn near zero ,if I only drive it locally & dont venture out of Ak . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1405580 | 2015-08-12 07:25:00 | I just got my registration reminder and discovered my car is in band 2. Annoying thing is the same exact car from 2003 onwards is in band 4 and $60 (ish) cheaper to register. Just because mine is a 2002 it gets the same rating as the previous model (2002 is the year the model changed over). I have ABS, side airbags, dual front airbags, ESC (maybe, uncertain on that point) as compared to the older one that has a driver airbag only and no ABS - but hey they were registered in the same year and have the same name so they are Identical right? Sent an E-mail off to NZTA to query it but I won't hold my breath. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||