Honda today announced that its new 2017 Ridgeline is the first and only pickup truck to earn the highest possible safety rating of Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Aside from the Ridgeline being award a Top Safety Pick, Honda also earned other awards from IIHS that includes “Top Saftey Pick” for the Pilot with Honda Sensing and LED headlights.
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The Honda Sensing suite includes a host of safety and driver-assistive technologies designed to help avoid a collision or reduce the severity of an accident. According to Honda, there are more than 300,000 Honda Sensing-equipped vehicles on U.S. roads today, and the Honda Sensing technology is available on the Civic, Accord, CR-V, Pilot and Ridgeline. The system includes: Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) with Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) with Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC).
Honda also notes that all of its models feature a multi-angle rearview camera as standard equipment. Other standard safety equipment on all models include Advance Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure, Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) with traction control; Anti-lock Braking System (ABS); side curtain airbags (some vehicles equipped with a rollover sensor as well), advanced front airbags and front side airbags.