What can your car learn from an aluminum
can? Quite a bit, it seems. While it doesn’t sound like that can provide
much safety, the people that make soda cans and aluminum
foil are getting into the car business.
Here’s why: Extra weight in your
car means extra time to stop. Extra time
to stop means extra work for your brakes.
Extra work for your brakes means they wear out, and that’s where your
safety comes in.
The trick is to create a car that is both lightweight, and also
safe. Aluminum
manufacturers are teaming up with
car manufacturers and they are finding out that people are willing to pay a
little more money for a car that will get better gas mileage. The heavy steel is being replaced by
lightweight aluminum, while still
offering great safety. It also has an impact on your stopping distance. A lighter car, less effort to stop.
Always be aware of your stopping distance, and if it seems like it’s
taking you longer to bring your car to a complete stop, that’s the time to talk
to a mechanic. It takes about 175 feet
to bring a car to a stop when it’s going 50 miles an hour. That’s about 13 car lengths. If it’s taking your longer than that, it’s
time to get them checked… because even the strongest car (or aluminum can) can withstand only so much.
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