Russ Rader Quotes (22 Quotes)

The biggest potential from the standpoint of safety researchers is that we would be able to get much more extensive and potentially more accurate information of what happens in real crashes.

These numbers are useless in doing a red light camera study.

That, in and of itself, makes it impossible to do a before and after analysis.

The research is clear that raising speed limits costs lives. People need to weigh the benefits of getting places faster versus the fact that more people will die in crashes.

Side airbags with head protection and electronic stability control are in a class of safety feature that is extremely rare, ... These are features that reduce the risk of death by significant margins.

They are very effective. Research around the world shows that they cut down on speeding.

You can never repeal the laws of physics, and a smaller, lighter vehicle is always at a disadvantage no matter how many safety features are built into it.

There is a misconception that older drivers are somehow a menace out on the road, and that really is not borne out by the facts. Thirty-year-olds kill far more people on the roads than 70-year-olds.

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

When you have a teen passenger in the vehicle with a teen driver, the risk of a crash is twice as high. If you have two or more teen passengers in a vehicle the risk can be five times as high.

CPSC also recommends that kids under the age of 6 should never be allowed on a trampoline, period. We're also telling the industry they need to make sure that the shock absorbing pads are put on the springs all the way around the trampoline,

About 13 percent of city accidents involve people changing lanes and crashing into the car next to them.

It's acceptable with its standard side airbags on the side test and also good in the head test, and that's a relatively inexpensive car.

Fatal crash involvements for 16-year-olds fell 26 percent from 1993 to 2003 as states began to enact graduated licensing laws. But this has not solved the problem by any means. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. The later they start driving, the better.

It is important that parents enforce strict rules about driving no nighttime driving, no driving around with friends in the car. These are the riskiest situations.

We had a very difficult time working with Burger King,

There are two things working against young drivers inexperience and immaturity. To the extent that you can give teens more time to develop their driving skills and the judgment to counteract their lack of experience the better.

SUVs are absolutely not a good choice for a teenager, ... The bottom line is you don't have to buy a tank to get good safety.

It would clearly help if the driving age were raised. But it never has gained any traction in most places to simply raise the age.

The roads are definitely safer, but the progress we were making has stalled. Part of the problem is that many of the gains we've seen in making safer vehicles, getting more people to buckle up, reducing alcohol-impaired driving many of those gains have been offset by things we haven't dealt with effectively, and speed is one of those things.

Typically rollovers represent a small percentage of crashes but are disproportionately high in the number of deaths because they're so lethal.

Once again, these tests show the importance of side-impact bags. In a head-on crash you have the entire front end of the vehicle to crush and help protect you. In a side crash, there's very little there to absorb the impact, so you are much better protected with side air bags.