Car Safety Trivia
Buckle up for a turbocharged quiz on car safety—where airbags deploy faster than your punchlines and ABS isn’t just a cool acronym!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Introduced in 1960s to limit backward head movement in rear-end crashes, what simple seat-mounted feature prevents whiplash?
Headrest
Besides windshields, what type of car glass is heat-treated to shatter into blunt, pebble-like pieces instead of sharp shards?
Tempered glass
LDWS is a driver-assist system that warns when you veer without signaling; what does the “L” stand for?
Lane
Which seat belt design, invented by Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959, combines lap and shoulder restraints into a single system?
Three-point seat belt
In 1984, which state became the first to require drivers, front-seat passengers and children under 10 to wear seat belts?
New York