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the four wheel brake was introduced by Duesenburg in 1992 in their model A.
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in all ford cars safety glass was standardised
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the first barrier crash test was performed by GM
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the American Tucker was built with the first padded dashboard.
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the Chrysler Crown Imperial was the first car to have standard disc brakes.
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Volvo created the first rear facing childs seat.
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The US market passenger cars were required to to be equipped with padded instrument panels, front and rear outboard lap belts, and white reverse backup lamps.
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The addition of head restraints to decrease whiplash from rear end crashes.
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GM offered driver and passenger airbags.
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the New York state passed the fisrt US law to require seat belt use.
But since then all 50 states except for one have accepted tis law New Hampshire. -
mandated in North America the central brake light set similar standards for the world for automotive lighting.
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insurance institute for highway safety began to use frontal offset crash tests.
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IIHS conducted the first side impact crash test.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). designed new tests to test rollover risks of new cars and SUV's.
But the only car to get as five star rating was the Mazda RX-8. -
Citroën became the first manufacturer to feature Snowmotion.
