All of the models in our list come with the requisite safety features, including multiple airbags as well as electronic stability control to prevent the car from fishtailing out of control in extreme or emergency handling situations.

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The only serious accident I've had in my life didn't involve a distraction at all, but a patch of unexpected black ice and a sudden crosswind that sent me fishtailing at 70 m.p.h. off the interstate into an Iowa ditch filled, thankfully, with two feet of snow.

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