LifeHammer Original Emergency Hammer

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When I first look at the description of the hammer, I was intrigue with its purpose. LifeHammer Original Emergency Hammer (Orange) is a tool that is used during emergency specifically during car crash.

It’s a high-quality car escape tool, designed to help prevent automotive entrapment after an accident. The double-sided steel hammer heads allow the vehicle occupant to shatter side and rear windows with its double tipped steel heads, while a safely concealed razor-sharp blade cuts easily through safety belts should power locks become disabled or a safety belt jam after an accident. It comes with mounting bracket (made of tough ABS plastic) for convenient installation, a polypropylene grip and handle, and a florescent pin which glows in the dark for easy retrieval.

I’ll try to look if it’s available here in Malaysia, otherwise I would just buy it from Amazon. I hope I would never have to use this tool but you never know you might need it some day. Consider LifeHammer Original Emergency Hammer (Orange) as a cheap life insurance.

Accutire MS-46B Digital Key Chain Tire Gauge

I found this cool stuff from Amazon. I’ve never seen this in my country before. It’s amazing that you could find something cheap that if you use it regularly, could save you tons of money in term of tire maintenance or fuel milage.

This is because under-inflated tires may cause the vehicle to work harder and therefore decrease your gas mileage, but more importantly an under-inflated tire can actually damage your tires and your vehicle.

With the Accutire MS-46B Digital Key Chain Tire Gauge, you’ll always have it handy whenever you top up or fuel or wash your car. It’s a subtle reminder to check your tire pressure often.

The MS-46B is small (it is designed to hang from your key chain) so it won’t feel bulky in your pocket or take up a lot of space in your purse. It’s made with durable plastic to prolong its life span, whether you decide to keep it on your key chain, in your glove box, or stashed in the junk drawer. It has an easy-to-read LCD display that makes the process of airing up your tires more accurate than conventional tire gauges.

The Accutire MS-46B Digital Key Chain Tire Gauge has an automatic on/off sensor so that it only switches on when a reading is being taken. It will measure 5 to 60 psi, which makes it perfect for anything from bicycle tubes to larger size vehicles that require bigger tires.

I hope we could get these kind of gadget easily here.

Alcohol Detection System Developed by Toyota

Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption is in under development by Toyota Motor Corp.

Cars fitted with the detection system will not start if sweat sensors in the driving wheel detect high levels of alcohol in the driver’s bloodstream, according to a report carried by the mass-circulation daily, Asahi Shimbun.

If the sensors detect abnormal steering, or if a special camera shows that the driver’s pupils are not in focus, the system could also kick in . The car is then slowed to a halt.

Toyota hopes to fit cars with the system by the end of 2009.

Concerns over drunken driving have surged in Japan following a series of alcohol-related accidents last year. In August, a drunken driver collided with another vehicle carrying a family of five, plunging them off a bridge and killing three children.

The incident prompted stepped-up roadside spot checks by police, who also plan to stiffen penalties for drunken driving.

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Defensive Driving Techniques

Defensive driving is about giving yourself time to react and keeping your options open for your own safety. Below are the techniques you should adapt.

• Give yourself plenty of space in front, beside, and behind your vehicle.

• Remember blind spots extend from behind your peripheral vision to about three car lengths behind your car as shown below.

• Try to stay out of other driver’s blind spots and set your mirrors to minimize your own.

• When changing lanes, use your turn signals and double check at least twice before you go.

• When overtaking a vehicle do so quickly and signal your intentions well in advance.

• Do not cut in too close on the vehicle you have passed. To maintain a safe following distance as the picture below, use the two second rule: When a vehicle passes an object in the road count “one thousand one, one thousand two.” If you reach that point before you finish counting, you are following too close. In bad weather, you should increase your time to between three and four seconds.

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