FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - manufacturers would be required to study the impact of test dummies hit outside of vehicles.
Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’
The quote in context
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has now taken steps to address that issue, stunning safety advocates with proposed vehicle design rules that the regulatory agency says will help reduce pedestrian deaths.
For the first time ever, manufacturers would be required to study the impact of test dummies hit outside of vehicles. The rules would likely change the design of what America drives permanently.
“We have a crisis of roadway deaths, and it’s even worse among vulnerable road users like pedestrians,” Sophie Shulman, the agency’s deputy administrator, said in a statement announcing the proposed rule last week.
manufacturers would be required to study the impact of test dummies hit outside of vehicles.
Okay so they're totally just going to say they passed their study with flying colors until they get caught juking the stats resulting in a $10,000 fee.
$10,000 is $10,000 I guess.
"Damn, that kid got obliterated. Ship it!"
The Child Killer Vengeance 2024 is gonna sell like hotcakes!
