American Road Products Introduces ReverseGuard; Patented Safety Product Reduces Accidents While Vehicles are in Reverse Motion.LAS VEGAS--(AutomotiveWire)--Nov. 1, 1999-- American Road Products, a leading manufacturer of safety products for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , today unveiled ReverseGuard(TM), the patented safety product designed to reduce reverse-motion accidents. The product resembles a standard license plate frame and is intended to replace the rear license plate frame on most private and commercial vehicles. It is unique, however, because built into its frame are four sensors that use ultrasonic technology to alert the driver of objects behind his vehicle when it is in reverse. "We realized the need for this product when a friend of ours, who was watching his granddaughter ride her tricycle in front of his home, nearly got hit by a neighbor's car that was backing out of a driveway," said Bill Porter Bill Porter may refer to:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US government) ) National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ), children aged one through four represent six percent of the total U.S. population based on 1995 U.S. Census data, but accounted for 30 percent of all nonoccupants killed in off-road backing crashes. Off-road crashes are those crashes that occur in locations other than public roads (e.g., private parking lots and residential driveways). Based on data from NCHS NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NCHS Naperville Central High School (Illinois) NCHS North Central High School NCHS Natrona County High School (Wyoming) NCHS National Center for Health Services for 1992-1993, an average of 116 children were fatally injured in off-road backing crashes and an average 390 fatalities of persons of all ages occur in off-road backing crashes each year. How it Works ReverseGuard automatically activates when a driver puts a vehicle in reverse gear. Using four ultrasonic sensors Ultrasonic sensors (AKA: transducers) work on a principle similar to radar or sonar which evaluate attributes of a target by interpreting the echoes from radio or sound waves respectively. built into the license plate frame, ReverseGuard detects objects in the path of the vehicle up to eight feet. These sensors alert the driver to the object by emitting an intermittent alarm inside the vehicle. As the vehicle moves closer to the object, the alarm alerting the driver sounds more quickly until a steady alarm is heard, indicating the vehicle is within two feet of the object. Pricing and Availability ReverseGuard will be offered through automobile dealers across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The suggested retail price of ReverseGuard is often less than the deductible incurred in an accident. About American Road Products American Road Products is a leading provider of safety products for the automotive industry. The company has headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif. with a branch office in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information about ReverseGuard, call 888/918-8800. (c) 1999 American Road Products. ReverseGUARD is a trademark of American Road Products. All other brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective holders. |
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