Pearland, TX Accident Attorney on ESC Systems as Passenger Vehicle Standard Safety Equipment

Pearland, TX accident attorney discusses the rise of ESC systems as standard safety equipment in America. The U.S. government requires ESC systems in all SUVs, pickup trucks, and cars as of the 2012 model year. The new cars out on showroom floors in Pearland, TX right now should all contain ESC systems as standard equipment. ESC systems have been shown to produce significant reductions in some types of accident injuries.

Even prior to the federal government's requirement of ESC systems in all passenger vehicles, automaker incorporation of ESC into their vehicles had already grown to 10 times the 1998 rate.

In the 2011 model year, ESC systems already came standard in 90% of cars in the U.S., 72% of pickup trucks, and 100% of SUVs. (Pickup trucks traditionally lag behind cars and SUVs in incorporating some safety features.)

The first vehicle equipped with ESC as a standard feature was the European model of the 1995 Mercedes Benz S-Class.

An ESC system reduces the costs of a Pearland, TX collision by about 15% compared to losses for prior year models lacking ESC. This data comes from the Highway Loss Data Institute based on the insurance claims resulting from collisions.

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