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Oct 9, 2010

High Safety Scores * USA - Now harder for trucks and cars

New cars and trucks will have to work harder to make the grade in the government's safety ratings program

Washington,DC,USA -Associated Press, by Ken Thomas -Oct 5, 2010:   ... The Transportation Department said the upgrades to the 5-Star Safety Rating System will make it more difficult for new vehicles to earn top scores of five stars. Consumers use the so-called "Stars on Cars" system to assess and compare a vehicle's safety value, which is posted on window stickers adorning cars and trucks in dealer lots...  The program, which evaluates vehicles on front-end and side-impact crashes and rollovers, was started in 1979 and has helped generate interest in safety equipment such as side-impact air bags and anti-rollover technology... The ratings range from one to five stars, with five stars being the highest and one star being the lowest... The new system adds an overall score, uses different-size test dummies and takes into account crash-prevention technologies and a new test that simulates a car striking a pole or a tree. The overall score combines the results of front, side and rollover tests and compares those results with average risk of injury and the potential for vehicle rollover of other vehicles... For the first time, the tests will include dummies representing women. The dummies also will collect data about a wider variety of injuries...  (Photo AP, by Haraz N. Ghanbari: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood listens to comments during a news conference announcing a new 5-star vehicle safety rating system)

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