The motor vehicle safety standard for side impacts, announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this month, should save an estimated 300 lives a year and reduce hundreds of injuries, an insurer said.
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group Inc., noting the projected reduction in fatalities, said it supports Safety Standard 214 requiring automakers to conduct new side-impact crash tests that will likely lead to installation of more side air bags.
The NHTSA, in announcing the rule Sept. 5, said while it does not require specific technologies to meet its new performance requirements, manufacturers likely would meet this upgraded rule with various types of innovative head, chest and pelvis protection systems, such as side curtain air bags and thorax air bags.
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