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Jun 6, 2015

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL * USA: Government mandates safety system

* New York - Trucks and buses to get it
-- Citing a desire to make large trucks and buses safer, federal regulators said Wednesday that they would require new vehicles to have electronic stability controls to help drivers maintain control during a skid... Electronic stability control uses a computer and sensors to detect when the front or rear of a vehicle is moving inconsistently with the position of the steering wheel. The system can brake a single wheel to nudge the vehicle back on course... 
... Safety researchers say the system can prevent vehicles from going off the road, which often leads to a rollover crash — a particularly dangerous type to which larger vehicles are susceptible... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that each year the requirement would prevent between 1,400 and almost 1,800 crashes, and as many as 650 injuries and nearly 50 deaths. But the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is backed by the insurance industry, has estimated about 300 fatal crashes each year could be prevented...

... The safety agency estimated the cost of such controls on a large truck would be about $585, and about $269 on a bus. The new regulation goes into effect for new large trucks in August 2017 and for new buses in 2018... 
New York, NY, USA - The NEW YORK TIMES, by Christopher Jensen - June 04, 2015

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