US Government Makes the Crash Tests

19th September, 2009 by caitas
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United States government will begin implementing new rules which are prone to make it harder for vehicles taking the crash tests to receive high scores like it was in the past. This means that car manufacturer will not be able to promote the safety of their cars based on very good figures scored during the damaging tests.

The government of the United States is going to oblige the vehicles to undergo a higher level in difficulty of these types of testing with the view to obtain results safer for the passengers of the cars and of the drivers of course.

By implementing the new legislation, the government also takes into account the scores obtained by vehicles in the past. Therefore, all the car models which are considered safe and that have passed the crash tests with high scores; they will have to take the protection tests again in order to get a score based on the new rules of testing, even if this means that they record lower figures in safety.

When asked about the crash protection of their cars and the new announcement of the government, Volvo`s spokesperson Dan Johnston stated: “Ten years ago there were bad cars and there were good cars. Now there is not a bad car out there.

Earning the five stars for safety under the tests provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is for sure going to be very difficult. Even though nowadays many vehicles are granted the five stars standard form the safety they provide, things will not remain like this when the new legislation is going to be implemented.

Coming in the aid of the government, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration developed various brand new tests. One of them features a smaller test dummy which pictures the female body. This is done in order to oblige the car manufacturers to make modification and adjustments to the seat belt, air bags and to all the other safety gadgets to make sure that they offer protection for smaller passengers and chauffeurs.

A second new testing method imitates the impact on one side in the hypothesis that the vehicle entered into a tree or electric pole. Taking into consideration that in a side impact the vehicle contortions, there is practically a very small space remaining which draws the lines to whether the driver or passengers survive or not. This side impact test is prone to make the car manufacturers to discover new methods to offer protection to drivers and passengers alike.

Taking into consideration the decisions of the United States government, it is kind of obvious that starting with 2010 only a limited number or even no cars will be rewarded with the five-star security standard. However, it is for sure that approximately all the vehicles undergoing this test will pass its minimum safety requirements.


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