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NHTSA To Require Stability Control in New Cars
October 26 , 2006
All new automobiles must be equipped with stability control, which greatly reduces the chances of a rollover, and could save thousands of lives every year, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
An NHTSA administrator, Nicole Nason, said, No other safety technology since the seat belt holds as much promise to save as many lives and prevent as many injuries as electronic stability control.
The anti-rollover electronics will start to be phased in with the 2009 model years, but wont be in full effect until 2011 with 2012 model year cars.
The NHTSA expects the rules will save between 5,300 and 10,300 lives, and prevent 252,000 injuries each year.
Stability control systems generally work by using wheel sensors to determine when the driver may lose control of the car, and applying braking force, (and/or motivational force in some systems) to individual wheels to assist the driver in regaining control of the car, and prevent rollovers. Approximately 40% of new vehicles already employ similar systems.
Some automakers have already implemented this technology on their vehicles that are most prone to rollovers mostly SUVs, pickup trucks, and vans. Many smaller sports cars and sedans also have stability control.
Ford and General Motors both said they plan to implement stability control on all their cars by the year 2010.
Rollover crashes are the most dangerous, leading to more than 10,000 deaths every year despite the fact that rollover accidents make up only 3 percent of all accidents. More than 43,000 people die in accidents every year.
A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety predicts the new technology will save 10,000 lives every year if implemented in all cars.
The study also found that stability control reduced the chances of a single-car accident resulting in a rollover by 80 percent.
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