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[這篇文章最後由rainbow在 2008/05/05 03:50pm 第 2 次編輯]
回顧IIHS於2006年底首度公佈的2007年新車最安全首選名單，當時共有13款新車獲得此項榮耀，而在部分車廠改善安全設計與新增ESC與氣囊等主被動安全配備後，Ford Taurus、Mercury Sable、Volvo S80、Saab 9-3敞篷、Volvo C70、Acura MDX、Ford Edge、Taurus X、Hyundai Santa Fe與Lincoln MKX等10款，亦在同年獲得追列為最安全首選名單，讓IIHS推薦安全車款達到23輛。 [b][color=purple]文章主題： 美國公佈2006年度“最安全汽車”排行 http://leold.yuensang.com/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=29&topic=902 [/b][/color] [b]2008年安全首選，11款車新入榜 [/b] 現在，IIHS進一步公佈最新出爐的2008年新車最安全首選11款新車，依照車型區分的話，共有3款房車、1款Minivan、6款SUV與1款Pickup貨卡車，總共有11款新車取得IIHS的最高肯定，其中， Toyota Tundra更是首輛獲得IIHS頒發最安全首選的Pickup車型，意義相當重大，至於其他獲獎車款如下，小型房車為Subaru Impreza、中型房車為Audi A3與Honda Accord、Minivan為Honda Odyssey、小型SUV為Honda Element、中型SUV為BMW X3、X5、Hyundai Veracruz、Saturn VUE與Toyota Highlander。 針對Tundra的獲獎，IIHS補充解釋，由於過去IIHS並未針對Pickup車型進行側面撞擊測試，因此沒有將Pickup車型列入評選範圍，不過，在今年增加Pickup車型的側邊撞擊測試後，將側邊氣囊與ESC列為標配的Toyota Tundra，順利通過正面、側面與後方撞擊測試，搶先成為首款入圍最安全首選的貨卡車款。 [b]改善後方撞擊防護，順利進榜關鍵[/b] IIHS表示，目前多數市售車型在正面撞擊測試已獲得最高評等，但在側邊撞擊與後方撞擊測試仍較不理想，其中，後方撞擊測試的表現仍是問鼎安全首選的關鍵因素。譬如新出爐的2008年度最安全首選車款，就是在車廠努力下成功提升新車型整體的安全防護，才能順利脫穎而出。 [b]安全首選成長至34輛，提供消費者更多選擇[/b] 針對在2007年度演進至2008年度，新車最安全首選名單由13輛成長至34輛的進步幅度，IIHS主席Adrian Lund表示，這意味對美國消費者而言，能在正面與側面等最常發生的撞擊意外中，發揮最佳安全防護的2008年度新車，選擇已更多於以往。 其實，IIHS對於撞擊測試的要求，也是經年累積的結果，在1995年首度實施新車正面撞擊測試後，2003年與2004年IIHS先後將側面與後方撞擊測試，追加至新車撞擊測試項目，2006年底則在降低車輛打滑、翻滾與失控的主動安全防護考量下，更將ESC穩定系統列為最安全首選的評鑑要點，都是IIHS逐步提高安全標準的具體作法，這些測試標準一方面也督促車廠提升新車安全防護。 若對照IIHS的2005年統計資料，有31,000輛車的撞擊意外，發生在正面與側面撞擊情形，共奪走了25,000條寶貴的人命；即使相對於正面與側面撞擊，較少發生的後方撞擊，對成員的傷害仍是不可輕乎；另外，根據IIHS的資料，在2002年的保險傷害理賠統計，因後方撞擊意外，也造成多達6成的頸部拉傷理賠申請案件。因此，在車輛整體安全已獲得穩定進步，再對照實際的撞擊意外數據後，更可看出IIHS新車安全首選，堅持必須全數通過正面、側面、後方撞擊測試以及標配ESC的嚴苛標準，對於消費者購車的重要參考價值。 以下是這34款車的名單
All 34 Winners [b][u]大型轎車 [/b][/u]
[b][u]中型轎車[/b][/u] [b][color=blue]Audi A3 [/b][/color] [b][color=blue]Audi A4 [/b][/color]
[b][u]中型敞篷轎車 [/b][/u] [b][color=blue]Saab 9-3 [/b][/color]
[b][u]小型轎車 [/b][/u] [b][color=blue]Subaru Impreza （選配ESC電子穩定控制系統） [/b][/color]
[b][color=blue]Acura RDX [/b][/color]
[b][color=blue]BMW X5 [/b][/color]
[b][color=blue]Ford Taurus X [/b][/color]
[b][color=blue]Honda Element [/b][/color] [b][u]大型貨卡 [/b][/u]
-- 作者： rainbow [size=4][b][u]大型轎車 [/b][/u][/size] [UploadFile=Audi20A6_1210016407.jpg]
-- 作者： rainbow [size=4][b][u]中型轎車[/b][/u][/size] [UploadFile=Audi20A3_1210016594.jpg]
-- 作者： rainbow
[size=4][b][u]中型敞篷轎車 [/b][/u][/size]
-- 作者： rainbow
[size=4][b][u]小型轎車 [/b][/u][/size]
-- 作者： 九千 Subaru Impreza居然是安全榜上。我下次羅住份報告叫車保公司高枱貴手唔好收咁貴保費睇下得唔得 XD Subaru Impreza咁岩又系全世界第四大最貴車險保費既車。:em01:
-- 作者： rainbow
[equote][b]下面引用由[u]九千[/u]在 [i]2008/05/06 11:25am[/i] 發表的內容：[/b] 九千, Remember, it [b][u]MUST[/b][/u] be 2008 Model. If your Subaru Impreza is an earlier model, I don't think it is on the "Top Safety Pick".
-- 作者： 九千
[fquote][b]下面引用由[u]rainbow[/u]在 [i]2008/05/07 11:54am[/i] 發表的內容：[/b] 我知道系2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi，但佢原廠已經有305匹馬力，也只是叫做小型轎車。其他上榜的大型轎車都不過300匹，有的更在200以內。（當然不計改引擎啦，否則都上唔到榜） 一架305匹馬力車都上到榜，一定有過人之處 ^^
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[這篇文章最後由rainbow在 2008/05/09 00:38pm 第 1 次編輯] [UploadFile=Honda20Odyssey_1210350410.jpg]
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[這篇文章最後由rainbow在 2008/05/09 00:40pm 第 1 次編輯] [UploadFile=Acura20MDX_1210350659.jpg] [UploadFile=Acura20RDX_1210350691.jpg] [UploadFile=BMW20X3_1210350818.jpg] [UploadFile=BMW20X5_1210350826.jpg] [UploadFile=Ford20Edge_1210350836.jpg]
[UploadFile=HondaPilot_1210350908.jpg] [UploadFile=Hyundai_SantaFe_1210350939.jpg] [UploadFile=Hyundai_Veracruz_1210350949.jpg] [UploadFile=Lincoln_MKX_1210350986.jpg] [UploadFile=Mercedes20M20cla_1210351002.jpg]
-- 作者： rainbow [b][u]繼續: 中型SUV - Sports Utility Vehicles [/b][/u] [UploadFile=Saturn20VUE_1210351354.jpg]
-- 作者： rainbow [b][u]小型SUV [/b][/u] [UploadFile=Honda_CRV_1210351501.jpg]
-- 作者： rainbow [b][u]大型貨卡 [/b][/u] [UploadFile=ToyotaTundra_1210351613.jpg]
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[equote][b]下面引用由[u]九千[/u]在 [i]2008/05/08 00:51am[/i] 發表的內容：[/b] I don't know about the insurance companies in Hong Kong. In the U.S., insurance coverage for Sports Car tend to be more expensive. The actuaries calculate the risk of car accidents, drivers of sports car have a greater tendency to drive at high speed = higher chance of car accidents = higher insurance premium. Subaru Impreza sounds like a sports car. The other factor is age. Male drivers who are less 35 years old tend to pay much higher insurance premium. There are 2 recent car accidents involving young Male drivers. Both of them are Chinese male less than 25 years old. These 2 young male drivers are the main reasons insurance companies charge them a much higher insurance premium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [UploadFile=WPoon_1210800444.jpg] [UploadFile=RLiu_1210800453.jpg] Frat grieves loss of brother after weekend crash A single-car accident resulted in the death of a Binghamton University student this weekend. The driver of the car, who was the victim’s fraternity brother, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. Willie Poon was one of four passengers in a vehicle that went off the road at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, according to the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office. The driver was Rolyden C. Liu, a member of Poon’s fraternity Lambda Phi Epsilon. [b][color=blue]According to police, the car, a [u]2001 Acura MDX[/u] registered to one of Liu’s relatives, was traveling east on Route 79 in Tompkins County, a quarter mile before the Tioga County line, when it left the roadway and struck a tree. One passenger said the group was heading back from Cornell University after visiting a fraternity house there. [/b][/color] Liu’s blood alcohol level was unknown at the time of print, and is still being tested. Police could not say whether he was speeding, but there were no skid marks in the roadway. It’s possible he drifted or fell asleep, said Capt. Derek Osborne, but the road was fairly straight and in good condition. Route 79 does not have an overwhelming history of accidents, according to police. [b][color=blue]The most damage was done to the car’s passenger side, where the tree impacted the car. Poon was sitting in the backseat on the passenger’s side, the report states. Poon, a senior at BU, sustained a serious head injury and was transported to Cayuga Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff at 2:55 a.m. on Saturday, police said. The other passengers suffered scrapes and bruises, and were treated and released. Two of them are also BU students, while the other attends the University of Michigan. [/b][/color] There were no other witnesses to the accident other than the passengers. Liu was initially charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular assault, a felony in the second degree. After Poon’s passing, Liu was re-arraigned on the charge of vehicular manslaughter, also a felony. He was sent to Tompkins County Jail in lieu of a $25,000/$50,000 cash/bond bail. He was bailed out Saturday morning and was scheduled to appear in the Town of Caroline Court today at 9 a.m. Timothy Chan, Lambda’s fundraiser, described Poon as a “gentle giant,” a very caring guy and the type of person who never had bad intentions. “He loved to laugh, he loved to do harmless practical jokes,” Chan said. “He touched a lot of people.” It was Poon’s affinity for meeting new people that drove him to visit colleges in Massachusetts, California and several other states, according to Chan. Students from the University of Toronto, the University of Massachusetts and UT Dallas, among other colleges, inscribed the Facebook wall of a group dedicated to Poon with messages of shock and remembrance of “Strobe” — a nickname Poon went by. “On the East Coast, nationwide pretty much, everyone knew him as Strobe,” Chan said. “If there was one person who knew everybody, he knew everybody.” Chan described Poon as a beloved member of his fraternity, and a role model for the pledge class he coached last semester as pledge master. “He actually took a fatherly role to [his pledges],” he added. ”He loved his class.” Poon loved watching movies, working out, going to clubs and just enjoyed being around people. “You could always look forward to seeing his patented smile, which would brighten anyone’s day,” said Jason Chen, another member of Lambda. Mark Iong, a member of the CU’s Lambda chapter, said Poon had come for a barbecue at his fraternity house that Friday, and was there to celebrate Slope Day, a Cornell University-sanctioned event featuring food, music, games and alcohol for guests of age. The annual celebration includes a portion of the day called “Slope Fest,” which takes place in a fenced-in area where alcohol is sold. Students need a valid ID and a stamp to buy alcohol, and are limited to five cups of beer — sold one at a time — for the entire event, which began at noon and ended at 5:30 p.m., according to Simeon Moss, director of press relations for CU. “Willie’s always been there, not just for his BU brothers but also Cornell,” Iong said. “We never would’ve expected something like this would happen.” — Robert Hadad-Zlokower and Erika Neddenien contributed reporting to this article. 2008-05-08
潘威利和幾名同學2日前往Ithaca參加康奈爾大學Slope Day慶祝活動，並與康奈爾大學Lambda Phi Edsilon Fraternity成員碰頭，當日晚他搭乘Rolyden Liu駕駛的汽車返回學校時，在Caroline County的79號公路發生車禍，[b][color=purple]由於Rolyden Liu酒後駕車，疑似睡著，車輛失控後撞向路邊大樹，潘威利的頭部受到重傷，在被送往Cayuga Medical Center醫院後於凌晨2時55分逝世。 [/b][/color]
[b][color=blue][size=5]警方表示潘威利坐在後座，[u]車禍發生時未繫安全帶[/u][/size]。與潘威利同車的同學表示車禍發生後，[u][size=5]潘威利的頭部重創，當場昏迷不醒[/u][/size]。他的同學試圖止住他的流血，並由一個路人報警。 [/b][/color]
Rolyden Liu告訴警方自己駕駛時睡著，車子失控衝進旁邊路溝，他說自己曾努力想把車開出路溝，但已經無力挽回，車子直接撞向路邊的大樹。
出生於1985年的潘威利生前與父母和弟弟住在史泰登島。他的同學表示潘威利是一個隨時能為大家帶來快樂的人，平時很愛開玩笑，讓朋友開心不已，但對待學習卻十分嚴肅。
潘威利在賓漢頓大學的同學將於10日(周六)下午1時至6時，在校內舉辦追悼儀式。潘威利的家人將於5月18日在曼哈坦華埠茂比利街22號的Wah Lai殯儀館為他舉行葬禮。 上 州 車 禍 1 死 3 傷 4名死傷者和司機中，死者和司機以及另外兩名乘客都是上州賓漢頓大學(Binghamton University)的學生，另一人則是密歇根大學(Michigan University)的學生，5人當時駕車前往位於依迪卡市的康乃爾大學參加一項活動後，由上述劉姓學生駕車準備重返賓漢頓大學，卻在途中肇致命車禍。 警方接報於11時許抵達現場調查，死者在車禍前是坐在汽車後座，在車禍發生時其頭部猛撞路旁大樹導致嚴重受傷，立即被送往附近的醫院，多名醫務人員雖然進行搶救，但由於傷及要害，於周六(3日)凌晨2時55分左右去世。 [b]4人僅受輕傷[/b] 另外4名在車上的學生包括司機則只受輕傷，警方透露，3名傷者是死者同學王秀(Siu K. Wong)和艾坲勒周(Alfred Chau)和來自密西根大學的嚴羅拉(Laura Yien)。 [b][color=blue]警方形容，車禍現場令人觸目驚心，路旁多棵大樹被撞至東倒西歪，現場留下學生們的用具包括書本，手提電腦，記事本，血淋淋的紙巾等，而肇事的廂旅車Acura MDX也被撞至不成車形。但警方調查後發現，駕車來自上州漢亭頓(Huntington)的學生羅利丹劉可能醉酒駕車而對他展開調查，結果發現其身上所含的酒精超出法令限制而將他逮捕，檢察官在傷者傷重去世後，根據州刑事法典對被告提出最嚴重的二級駕車傷人控罪(Vehicular Manslaughter)，法官諭令設保5萬元現金，其家屬於周六交保後已出外候審。[/b][/color] [b]死者本月參加畢業禮 [/b] 據了解，除了其中一人外，5名學生中有4人是賓漢頓大學的學生，並全是該大學亞裔同學會的會員，他們在車禍發生前，一同駕車前往位於依迪卡市的康乃爾大學，參加該大學休假前慶祝會，參加者在會上跳舞狂歡，會上也提供各類飲品包括酒精。康乃爾大學承認活動中向參加者售賣啤酒，但強調只售給足齡者。 在車禍中喪命的22歲學生潘維利來自史丹頓島，於2003年從該島南灘的拓登維爾(Tottenville)高中畢業後，到上州賓漢頓大學深造，攻讀心理學，據了解，他已修完所有課程，本於本月18日參加畢業禮。
-- 作者： rainbow
[這篇文章最後由rainbow在 2008/05/17 02:44pm 第 1 次編輯] 往 水 牛 城 畢 業 典 禮 據州警表示，該輛2007賽恩(Scion)小客車上包括司機一共3人，是一來自紐約市的華裔家庭，當時由24歲的兒子黃雷蒙(音譯，Raymond Wong)駕車，從紐約市前往水牛城。 [b][color=blue]大約在晚間7時35分左右，正當他自西向690號州際公路的斜坡駛進紐約州收費公路(New York State Thruway 車頂整個被撞凹，擋風玻璃與車窗碎裂，畫面令人怵目驚心、不忍卒睹。 [b][color=blue]坐在後座的63歲父親黃培中(音譯，Pui Cheong Wong)，[u]因為強大的撞擊力與離心力，[size=5]加上沒有繫上安全帶，整個人從車頂敞開的天窗被拋了出去[/size][/u]，再重重跌至路面，州警表示黃培中當場死亡。[/b][/color] 今年60歲的母親黃慕蘭(音譯，Mun Lan Wong)事發當時坐在前座，劇烈的衝撞讓她身受重傷，雖已緊急送往大學醫院(University Hospital)進行急救，至今仍未脫離險境。 駕駛黃雷蒙受到輕傷，事後被送往社區綜合醫院(Community General Hospital)進行救治，目前傷勢已獲得控制，情況穩定。 州警表示，黃雷蒙是水牛城大學(University of Buffalo)的學生。 [b][color=purple][size=5]事發當時正準備載送父母親前往校區參加他的畢業典禮，疑似因為轉彎速度過快沒有減速，造成車子失去控制，加上[u]車上沒有人繫安全帶[/u]，於是釀成這場天人永隔的意外。[/b][/color][/size] 一件喜事轉瞬間成為一場無法挽回的悲劇，實在令人鼻酸。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, May 10, 2008
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[這篇文章最後由rainbow在 2008/05/28 00:55pm 第 1 次編輯] 下面引用由九千在 2008/05/08 00:51am 發表的內容： 九千, Guess what? Subaru Impreza made it to the "Top 10 Costliest Car to Insure" list. The following news article discusses why insurance companies charge much higher premium on particular type of cars. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b][size=4]The 10 costliest cars to insure [/b][/size] By Bankrate.com
A quick call to your agent might help you narrow your choices -- and avoid a second case of sticker shock after you drive your new car home.
The reason: Along with your own driving record, your ZIP code and the demographics of the drivers in your household, the make and model of your vehicle can have a big effect on your insurance bill, says Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Of all of those factors, the type of vehicle you put in your garage is the only variable you can change immediately.
"The choice of the car itself is going to affect, in particular, what you will spend for comprehensive and collision," says Jeanne Salvatore, senior vice president of public affairs for the Insurance Information Institute. [b]Why some cost more [/b] [b][size=4]Vehicles that [u]top the insurance-cost list[/u] tend to be either [u]high horsepower, high dollar or expensive to repair[/u], Rader says. An expensive choice: "Sporty cars that are favored by young drivers who are risky drivers, so they are crashing a lot."
[u]Higher horsepower means the driver is more likely to be going faster and getting into more accidents. That will send insurance rates up for everyone who owns a similar car. [/u]
[u]Many of the vehicles that are expensive to insure "share a common problem, and that is horsepower,"[/u] says Kim Hazelbaker, a senior vice president with the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. [/b][/size] [b]Size matters [/b] [b][color=blue][size=4]"When you look at the statistics and insurance claims, small sports cars tend to be in more crashes," he says. Adding to the problem: "They tend to be engaged in faster driving."
[u]From a statistical standpoint, the safest models tend to be the full-sized family sedan-type cars[/u], he says.
A few other special circumstances can also send rates through the roof. If a car is a popular target for thieves, your insurance company might charge you higher rates. [/b][/color][/size]
If you're driving a high-priced car, it will likely cost more to fix after a collision. As a result, your insurance bill will go up when you add it to the policy, Rader says. Likewise, some luxury or high-end cars feature aluminum body panels that are more expensive to fix or replace than sheet metal, he says. One other factor to consider: How much damage is your vehicle likely to inflict in a crash?
[b]Most expensive models to insure [/b]
6) Lexus IS 300 7) Honda S2000 8) Acura RSX 9) Nissan 350Z 10) Jaguar XJ
"A safe car is not necessarily the cheapest car to insure," Salvatore says. The car itself could also be expensive or just expensive to repair after an accident, which would increase insurance costs.
But a high rate is a red flag to ask a few questions. For instance, if a car has a lot of horsepower and is involved in a lot of crashes, that can also send insurance rates up, even if the car itself is relatively inexpensive. So if you're getting ready to buy your teenager that dream model and the insurance rate comes back sky high, it may be a tip that it's time to search for another make and model. [b]The least expensive [/b] Insurance companies and crash analysts have noticed that vehicles most often associated with family transportation -- such as minivans, station wagons and family sedans -- get in fewer crashes than the high horsepower hotrods that appeal to young male drivers.
In addition, many (but not all) of the vehicles that rank low in collision costs also tend to be "generally, not real expensive vehicles," he says. The 10 least expensive models to insure, in terms of collision losses, starting with the least expensive are: [b]Least expensive models to insure [/b] 6) Pontiac Montana (standard model) 7) Mazda MPV 8) Ford Thunderbird 9) Pontiac Montana (extended model) 10) Ford Taurus (station wagon)
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