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March 17, 2007
INDUSTRY OPPOSITION TO NHTSA ROOF CRUSH PLAN HARDENING
The Boston Globe reports that auto industry opposition to NHTSA’s proposed modifications to the roof crush standard, FMVSS 216, is increasing. This is the same proposal that consumer and safety groups have sharply criticized for its weaknesses and alleged failure to provide adequate protection against roof-crush injury in rollovers. (For past coverage, search Current Development Archives for “FMVSS 216.”)
According to the newspaper, “more robust opposition to the government's update of the 30-year-old standard has crystallized over several months…” It notes that rollovers “account for roughly 10,000 fatalities annually or a quarter of all U S traffic deaths, federal safety figures show. About 600 deaths and 800 injuries are caused by head contact with a collapsed roof in a rollover.”
Posted by MVHAP at March 17, 2007 02:22 PM