Imports reign on the vehicle safety list

[shesulsa]

DETROIT - Imported models took all 13 spots on the U.S. insurance industry’s list of safest vehicles this year, due mainly to a new requirement that all cars and sport utilities on the list have systems to keep them stable in an emergency.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety isn’t bashful about its reasons for pushing electronic stability control, saying that its studies show up to 10,000 fatal crashes per year could be prevented if every vehicle had the safety feature.
“The research is so compelling that electronic stability control could help prevent many crashes from happening in the first place,” institute spokesman Russ Rader said.

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[Brian R. VanCise]

No wonder we are seeing slumping car sales.

 

[donald]

It would appear that the big 3 have failed to learn from their mistakes? I just don't get it? The USA should be in the top 3 of auto makers, and yet we are'nt even in the running! I guess maybe one of them will actually have to declare insolvency. Before any of them truly wakes up...

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