1. Car Safety Research Part 1 – Crash Car project Begin

2. Main Menu  Design Brief Design Brief  Select a vehicle to research  Research: Research:  Activity: List 10 safety features based on research findings Activity:  How many stars does your vehicle have?  Watch Crash Dummies video. Watch Crash Dummies video.  How’s it work? How’s it work?  All around safety design features  Take the Car Safety Quiz  Project Design: Project Design:  Activity: Egg Crasher Vehicle Activity:  Draw a sketch of a car for the crash car project  Build a model of your car with a partner  Crash test the car with an egg driver on the test track  Standards & Objectives Standards & Objectives  List of Videos & Websites List of Videos & Websites Use this as the main menu to help you navigate through this project. End

3. Get Briefed Select your vehicle’s maker to Research & Design a specific make & year: Ex: Mazda 6 2007 AudiBMW ChevroletChrysler FordGMC HondaHyundai LexusMazda NissanToyota Congratulations! You have been hired by your favorite car/truck company! Your job is to ensure that safety features are well designed and implemented. It is very important to recognize and evaluate different types of safety features and systems within vehicles today. Customers are not going to purchase vehicles if the crash rating is low! Your salary depends on how well your research and design proves to be. Will your car survive the crash and earn you a 98K salary? NEXT

4. What’s in YOUR Car? An estimated 2.31 million people were injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2013, down 2.1 percent from 2.36 in 2012. Car safety ratings sites click here WHY? NEXT

5. Engineers are continuously redesigning, reevaluating and inventing vehicle safety features. Many of these accidents happen within minutes of home. Many can be prevented by simply buckling up, but how else? …why Back to menu Vehicle Safety Websites 1.http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ 2.http://www.safercar.gov/http://www.safercar.gov/ 3.http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/l ist/top10/114984/article.htmlhttp://www.edmunds.com/reviews/l ist/top10/114984/article.html Use Google to find more! You are done with Part 1 Check out these websites to learn more about the engineering history of safety in vehicles: