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Car Parts and Safety Features

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An animated car is seen driving down 
an animated roadway. Icons for various 
indicator lights appear above the car. 
They include lights for the fuel indicator, 
emergency brake, seat belt and lights. 
The car is then seen facing the viewer. 
The turn signals and headlights are highlighted, 
and icons are seen for the parking lights, 
high beams, windshield wipers, horn, 
emergency brake, defroster and 
emergency control. The car is seen driving 
up a steep incline and then is 
back on a level roadway.

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Before you drive, make sure you're aware 
of what each indicator light on your car 
means, such as the fuel indicator, 
emergency brake, seat belt lights. 
Know how to properly operate 
the turn signals, headlights, including the 
parking lights and high beams, the windshield 
wipers -- front and back, if you have 
them -- the horn, the emergency brake, 
the defroster and temperature controls. 

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An icon for the speedometer appears. 
Then an icon for the gas cap side indicator 
appears, with an arrow showing how to tell 
what side the gas cap is on. Next, an icon 
for a fuel gauge is shown, and the car drives 
up to a gas pump. The gas gauge moves 
from empty to full. 

(Announcer: Male voice) 
You'll need an unobstructed view of the 
speedometer so you can monitor it while 
driving. Also, be aware of what side your 
gas cap is on. Here's a hint -- most fuel 
indicators include an arrow that points 
to the appropriate side your gas cap is on. 
Make sure your car always has gas in it. 
Don't ride around with the gauge on empty. 

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The car disappears and an owner’s manual 
appears. Its pages turn. Then the car
reappears and resumes driving down the roadway.

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Minimize Crashes
Driver Error
Distractions
Drowsiness 

(Announcer: Male voice) 
You'll also need a good understanding 
of your vehicle's safety features and controls. 
Your vehicle owner's manual is a great 
resource for this. Check to see if your 
car has these newer safety features, 
and know how to use them. These 
advanced driver assist systems are 
designed to minimize crashes by 
targeting some of the main causes of 
collision -- driver error, distractions, 
and drowsiness.  

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An icon for electronic stability control 
appears, and then an empty roadway 
appears, as seen from above. The car 
approaches a traffic cone and swerves around it. 

(Announcer: Male voice)
Electronic stability control -- this is a system 
found on recent vehicles that helps 
you control your vehicle when you need 
to swerve or brake suddenly to avoid an 
obstacle. Blind spot detection -- this alerts 
you of a car or another object 
in your blind spot. 

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An icon for blind spot detection appears. 
Then the car is seen driving again. 
Another car approaches it on the side, 
and the driver’s ability to detect the
 car in the blind spot is indicated. 
Then a lane departure warning icon 
appears. The car is seen driving again, 
and it begins to drive off the roadway. 

(Announcer: Male voice) 
Lane departure warning -- this is a mechanism 
designed to warn you when the vehicle 
begins to move out of its lane unless a 
turn signal is on in that direction.  

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An icon for automatic braking is seen. 
Then the roadway is seen from above again. 
The car is seen driving, approaching a 
traffic cone. The car swerves around it. 
Next, the same scene is repeated, 
but this time the car strikes the cone 
and knocks it off the roadway.

(Announcer: Male voice) 
Automatic braking -- this technology combines 
sensors and brake controls to help 
prevent high-speed collisions. Some 
automatic braking systems can prevent 
collisions altogether, but most of them 
are designed to simply reduce the 
speed of a vehicle before it hits something.  
 
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