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admin@ng2000.com - 13 May 2007 15:20 GMT

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/autos%3Btechnical/SIG=12kdkhjhn/*htt
p%3A//www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/11/safety.cars/index.html?section=cnn_latest

That electronic safety systems on autos save lives isn't in doubt -- whether they should be fitted as standard to all new cars is the heated question throughout Europe.

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C. E. White - 13 May 2007 18:42 GMT

> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/autos%3Btechnical/SIG=12kdkhjhn/*htt
p%3A//www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/11/safety.cars/index.html?section=cnn_latest
>
> That electronic safety systems on autos save lives isn't in doubt --
> whether they should be fitted as standard to all new cars is the heated
> question throughout Europe.

So ten years from now when this dubious technology isn't saving lives, will
NHTSA withdraw the requirement that it be installed on all new cars?
Probably not. Instead they will probably spend millions trying to figure out
why it isn't saying lives. Here is my prediciton - rollover accidents will
decrease, head-on collisons will increase, overall deaths may actually
increase.

Ed

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Bob M. - 14 May 2007 03:02 GMT

>> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/autos%3Btechnical/SIG=12kdkhjhn/*htt
p%3A//www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/11/safety.cars/index.html?section=cnn_latest
>>
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> Probably not. Instead they will probably spend millions trying to figure
> out why it isn't saying lives.

Just like those mandatory airbombs!

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