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IIHS to raise the roof on crush standards
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has commissioned a study that seems to indicate that a dramatic increase in roof safety is in order. The group's resulting newly proposed standards would require a vehicle's roof to withstand two-times the specific vehicle's weight. According to the IIHS, this change could reduce the risk of fatalities in a single vehicle rollover by more than 20%. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also supports the tougher standards, though the Bush Administration had allowed three separate deadlines ... Read more →
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