While midsize trucks have long employed a rugged body on frame design the ridgeline rides on a unibody platform shared with the pilot and passport suvs.
Full size truck roof safety.
About the awards and ratings.
Aa racks 2 pair double folding j bar rack for kayak carrier canoe boat paddle board surfboard roof top mount on car suv truck crossbar with ratchet lashing straps 4 4 out of 5 stars 90 174 90.
Others range from basic to superior.
By clifford atiyeh mar 21 2019.
Thanks to great engineering and added structural bracing.
That means it earned a good rating in all.
Some ratings use a scale of poor to good.
The 2020 ram 1500 crew cab model with optional equipment was the first full size pickup truck to earn a 2019 top safety pick designation from the iihs.
To qualify for 2020 top safety pick a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver side and passenger side small overlap front moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint tests it also must earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention both vehicle.
The organization tested 11 full size models and notes that pickup trucks are generally slower to adopt stronger safety measures than passenger cars.
The higher the number the better.