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NHTSA mandates head protection on all cars by 2013

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today that by 2013, all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. will be required to provide head protection in side-impact crashes. The regulation comes after three years of research, which found that about 29-percent, or 9,200 people, were killed in crashes resulting from side impacts. However, the auto industry as a whole has agreed to install side airbags on all vehicles by September 2009. NHTSA's full press release is available after the jump. [Source; NHTSA] ... Read more →

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

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