Thursday, March 11, 2010  | 
Crash Compatibility


Current U.S. Law (As usual, too little, too late):
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2003
Sec. 156. Aggressivity and Incompatibility Reduction Standard
Requires safety standards to reduce vehicle incompatibility/aggressivity; Requires development of a standard metric to evaluate and rate comparative incompatibility/aggressivity among different vehicles; Requires development of public information program including ratings based on risk to vehicle occupant and risk to occupants of other vehicles; Final rule required by Dec. 31, 2007.

Public Citizen's online campaign for safer and more efficient SUV's at www.bettersuv.org

Union of Concerned Scientists: Building a Better SUV

The Center for Auto Safety: Automakers Agree to Voluntary Rules for S.U.V. Safety

The Center for Auto Safety: Destruction of the Research Safety Vehicle (RSV)

Public Citizen's press release concerning the anti-safety and anti-fuel economy impacts of the proposed light truck CAFE Standard.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has a special issue "Status report" on crash compatibility in PDF format.

American Council for an energy efficient Economy: LOSING WEIGHT TO SAVE LIVES: A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF AUTOMOBILE WEIGHT AND SIZE IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES

VC-COMPAT - Vehicle Crash Compatibility Project in EC 5th Framework Programme

NHTSA: Initiatives to address Vehicle Compatibility in PDF Format.

What is your SUV doing to the world? The Detroit Project

Natural Resources Defense Council - Tell your representative to increase fuel efficiency in our cars and trucks

Union of Concerned Scientists - building better cars, pickups & SUVs

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