Vehicle safety continues to be a top concern among new-car buyers. Safety engineering has come a long way over the last half century, with the latest features able to help keep motorists from getting into accidents in the first place.
Some, like blind spot and lane departure warning systems, will warn a motorist to react to potential problems, while the best of the bunch, like forward auto-braking systems, can all but take the wheel out of a drivers hands to prevent hitting another vehicle, or even pedestrians and bicyclists in a vehicles path.