Woman Motor Insurance motorists told to belt up!

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The rubber-stretching boys at Avon tyres have been doing overtime of late by getting stuck into some research. They've been looking into car safety over the last 5 decades to find out just what features during this period were considered the most important innovations in motoring terms. And it seems the seat belt (27%) has been awarded that ultimate accolade.

First seen in Volvos in 1959, it was fellow Swede, inventor Nils Bholin; who introduced the seatbelt to the driving fraternity. However, as us girls know, it wasn't until as recently as 1983 that the modern 3-point seatbelt became compulsory for all front seat drivers and passengers throughout Europe .

50,000 lives have been saved since then, and, according to the Governments 'Think Road Safety' campaigning and the Department's ongoing collation of facts and associated figures, a further 600,000 serious casualties, and some 1.5million minor classifications of such, have been successfully avoided.

With more than 1,100 motorists surveyed by Avon this time round, some interesting results were formulated. In second place, they voted what was to be the first of a plethora of acronyms that would steadily begin to appear on our cars - ABS. Or, as its industry-known - the anti-lock braking system (21%). Elsewhere in the upper echelons of this chart of safety innovations, or at least those that have had the greatest impact on the motoring public, Girlmotor.com discover airbags (16%), somewhat bizarrely - cats eyes (10%), and returning to logic - vehicle crumple zones (7%).

The 3-point centre seatbelt variant for rear seats was deemed important enough to be placed in 6 th with 6% of those questioned, whereas the advent of traction control received only 3% and found itself in 7 th place. The three remaining positions were shared, between side impact protection, (another Scandinavian first) EBS (another acronym this time relating to Emergency Braking System) and, drum roll please (not to mention a little audience gasps...) the scourge of many a motorist - the much maligned speed camera - duly accepting its 2% of the remaining votes, despite widespread criticism and who's appearance on our roads is estimated close to the 6000 mark.

Malcolm Jones is Product Planning Manager for Avon Tyres, and commented: "The average car may be significantly faster since seatbelts became compulsory, but manufacturers are forever pushing the boundaries to deliver safer cars. In 10 years time, we'll all be talking about pop-up bonnets, artificial intelligent braking systems and cars that can see around corners." And if we're very lucky girls - men who can drive properly.

The attention of both manufacturers and the public alike to road safety issues has been somewhat focused since 1997, the year that saw the introduction of the Euro NCAP star ratings system. Today Girlmotor.com are informed that upwards of 50% of current vehicle models on our roads have the maximum awarded 5 stars for occupants protection, and in the Citroen C6, the first car in the world to attain a maximum 4 stars in the category of pedestrian safety.

 Girlmotor.com would like you to know that they offer the cheapest women's motor insurance on almost every safety conscious car on Britain 's A roads, B roads, motorways, etc. Girlmotor.com appreciate the continual need for both passenger and pedestrian safety, aswell as for startlingly cheap women's motor insurance; so give Girlmotor.com a call today, and they'll be only too happy to help out all women motorists.

Date - 15/09/2006