Jun 29
New Federal Safety Standards for New Cars
The latest in federal regulations is upon us: standard stability control systems in new cars. And of course, no one is completely satisfied. The car industry thinks it’s to expensive and safety groups say it’s not tough enough. But will it affect insurance rates?
Probably not. The car industry is saying that the new regulations aren’t anywhere near as safe as Europe’s current safety anti-rollover regulations and with the cost to automakers somewhere in the range of $1 billion, the only rates that are likely to change are the costs of new cars.
The new anti-rollover regulator is called the electronic stability control systems (ESC). How it works is this: electronic sensors work in conjunction with automatic brakes and steering to improve the vehicle’s traction and keep all four wheels on the ground and headed in the direction of the driver’s choice. Lateral changes are corrected before they can cause a car to fishtail and spin or roll off the road.
Federal regulators estimate that installation of the systems will save as many as 10,000 lives every year and prevent a quarter of a million injuries.
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