What safety features did old-fashioned cars have?

Question

I'm doing physics research, and if I can't answer this question, my GCSE grade goes down. Please help!

Many people are asking me how old-fashioned they need to be- I'm asking about safety features that came before seatbelts, basically. I just need some basic information so that I can limit my search on google.... sadly, yahoo answers doesn't count as a reliable source.

Answer 1

on a lot of old cars when you put your window wipers on in the rain you could not drive fast , because the faster you drove the car the slower the window wipers went... therefore you had to slow down to make them go quicker to clear the screen ..hence no speeding in wet weather ..hope this helps and good luck with exams

Answer 2

Suggest you try Google for this, as the answer could span several pages, but basically, it's down to Volvo! They introduced seat belts and collapsible steering columns in the late 50s, pioneered the passenger safety cell and crumple zones in the 60s, and side impact beams in the 80s. From memory, Mercedes Benz and the German electronics firm Bosch introduced airbags in the early 80s, and both of these companies were responsible for a lot of the electronic safety gizmos on cars today, like ABS brakes, traction control, skid control etc.
Hope this points you in the right direction.

Answer 3

This is such a broad question covering maybe 100 years of motoring history!

Early cars used a platform chassis; a bit like the way they make train rolling-stock or the standard Land-Rover.

The biggest change came with monocoque construction....lighter and stronger.....the same sort of way they make aeroplanes.

With lightness came greater agility, better handling and more effective brakes.

Steering columns used to be solid shafts of steel, and may driver got impaled on the in an accident. Later vehicles after about 1960 or so, had jointed, offset and collpasible steering column to prevent this.

Rack and pinion steering was a massive improvment of the old steering systems, and give much better control.

Suspension design has gone from cart springs to the modern independent systems, which give much better road-holding and handling.
The change from cross-ply tyres to radial tyres has given cars better steering, road-holding and braking.

Brakes used to be drum type brakes, but after about 1965, most cars were fitted with disc brakes at the front, which are much more powerful. A further development was the anti-skid brake system we know as ABS. Traction control on some cars has yielded some benefit in preventing skids etc.

A further development is "active ride" suspension, which is computer controlled, and is found on certin very expensive, high-powered cars; designed to compensate for the stupidty of many of their owners.

The development of the monocoque steel body, has enabled crumple zones and strong-safety cells to be engineered into the car of to-day.

Side impact bars have saved many lives since their introduction.

Seat belts were a standard feature on new cars after a certain date, and nowadays, all new cars have air-bags and explosive charges in the seat-belt mountings, which pull the driver into the seat in the event of a collision..

Automatic fuel shut-off valves have reduced the incidence of fire in accidents,

Laminated windscreens mean that glass no longer shatters, and zone-toughened side/rear windows mean that the glass falls into very small, non-lethal pieces.

Much of this safety development goes hand in hand with motor-sport, where many of the safety features of modern cars were first developed.

I'm afraid that to answer your own question, you'll have to go in reverse and deduct all the safety features listed.

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Answer 5

Try looking up "windscreen washers". They didn't become law till the 60s or 70s. I can remember them being sold as an accessory - you bought a kit with the jets, some tubing and a little hand pump that fitted under the dashboard on a bracket that came with the kit.

Answer 6

Mainly there was not the need to be somewhere in 20 seconds, A car cost a significant amount of money and was cherished. Better manners, big steel bumpers. Far less traffic, you would not believe how quiet it was, Lower speeds, Not so many distractions like street furniture and traffic lights. slower roads, engine fixed to a chassis so it didnt move in a crash.

Answer 7

Cars went from a single left rear light to both left and right rear lights, then stop lights, then directional signals and in 1956, Ford came out with seat belts in their Crown Victoria.
(Tucker also came out with headlights that were connected to the steering wheel in the early 1950's but, that never caught on)

Answer 8

Very few.
Safety features can be divided into two sorts;
primary to prevent a crash
secondary to reduce the injury from a crash
Both are important

Answer 9

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Answer 10

one of the firts safty features was the introduction of a man to walk in front of the vehicle with a flag to warn pedestrians of the approaching vehicle this was later replaced with the car horn as the chap in front often got run over after this the introduction of the roof to contain the people as the car often rolled over then window wipers etc etc