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| 51 Reasons To Protect Your 6 |
By:
Jeff Mohr |
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80% of all rear end collisions are caused by following too close (tailgaters), inattentive drivers, distracted drivers and drivers with poor judgement. Don't let these drivers ruin your day, cripple your family, steal your deductible, wreck your vehicle or jeopardize your insurance. Here's 51 reasons compiled by the crash experts at superbumper.com on why you need to protect the rear of your vehicle from them.
1. The most frequent accident on the highway is the rear end collision - 29.7%.
2. 75% of rear end collisions are less than 10 mph.
3. Most are direct hits (which is why you don't need anything to protect the corners backing accidents get the corners).
4. 94% of rear end collisions occur on straight roads.
5. 46% of drivers aged 16 and 17 said they text while behind the wheel.
6. 1 in 5 drivers send text messages while driving.
7. 1,000,000 crashes are caused by driver inattention each year.
8. 20% of drivers admitted to falling asleep at the wheel.
9. 40% - typical insurance premium increase if a claim is made.
10. 52% of drivers are decelerating when they rear-end another vehicle.
11. $450 the average cost to repair a plastic bumper.
12. $900 the average cost to replace a plastic bumper.
13. $1,618 average cost to fix a full size pickup truck bumper from a 5 mph rear end collision in 2004 prices.
14. The lightest tap from a vehicle can leave damage from $450 to over $2,000 damage.
15. TwiceWomen are twice as likely as a man to get a whiplash injury in a low speed (10 mph or less) rear end collision.
16. Low speed rear end collisions (less than 10 mph) accentuate the whiplash more than high speed ones.
17. 2.7 Billion the amount of money spent just to fix whiplash injuries.
18. $9,900 cost per claim for every whiplash injury.
19. 8 million that's how many plastic bumpers are replaced each year.
20. 2.5 mph The Federal Bumper Standard for passenger cars
21. 0 mph The Federal Bumper Standard for pickup trucks, SUVs & mini vans which is why they'll never get better.
22. 80% of bumper scratches occur during parking usually by the other guy.
23. 30% of drivers feel it's OK to love tap your bumper when parallel parking.
24. 14% of all claims for auto damage involve parking lot conditions.
25. 79% of consumers claim their bumpers were damaged in a parking garage.
26. 77% of fuel system ruptures were the result of rear end collision damage.
27. 17 seconds a reported rear end collision occurs.
28. 8.5 seconds an unreported rear end collision occurs.
29. 35 minutes the time you'll spend at the accident scene filling out forms.
30. 78 minutes the time you'll spend filling out forms after your accident.
31. 4 hours the time you'll spend getting repair estimates.
32. 2 days the average time without your car.
33. 26% percent of uninsured drivers in Mississippi 25% in California and Alabama 24% in New Mexico 22% in Arizona.
34. 14.7% national average percentage of uninsured drivers on the road today (2004) if they hit you - you lose.
35. 3 times rear end impacts are three times as likely to result in a fatal fire.
36. 143 the number of people that die each year from a rear end collision fire.
37. $16,500 average cost per accident claim for employers.
38. $74,000 average cost per accident claim for employers if an on-the-job crash results in an injury.
39. $500,000 costs can exceed $500,000 for employers if the accident results in a fatality.
40. $20,000 extra money a company needs to make at a 5% profit margin to cover a $1,000 accident claim.
41. 3 times more likely to burn to death in a rear end collision than you are to kill someone by backing over them.
42. 25 times more money (estimated) is spent on fixing damage from a rear end collision than from backing.
43. 2.5 times The acceleration of the occupant when hit from the rear is 2.5 times that of the car.
44. 12 million the estimated number of rear-end collisions in the US every year both reported and unreported.
45. 38% Rear end collisions account for 38% of all the dollars paid for automobile claims.
46. 27 Years That's how long it's been since the passenger car has had 5 mph bumpers (1982).
47. 50,000 the number of times a person typically brakes each year to avoid a rear-end collision.
48. 80% percent of all rear end collisions are caused by driver inattention, tailgaters, external distraction (talking on cell phones, shaving, applying makeup, fiddling with the radio or CD player, kids, etc.) and poor judgment.
49. 3 major factors determine the price and value of a used vehicle: model year, mileage and condition. Take care of it.
50. 15 times If you are aware you are going to be rear ended and are able to brace yourself, you are 15 times less likely to experience chronic whiplash pain.
51. Talking on a cell phone makes you four times as likely to be involved in a serious auto accident as a driver not using a phone, and that texting was even worse, raising that risk by another 50 percent.
Jeff is CEO of Mohr Mfg - http://www.superbumper.com The company makes portable, energy absorbing, spare safety bumpers that protect your vehicle from rear-end collision damage, reduce whiplash injuries, shield your gas tank from under-ride and eliminate parking lot and parallel parking dents and dings. For additional information: http://www.youtube.com/user/saintbumper |
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