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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering the addition of one or two new types of crash test to the test procedure they put all new cars through, in order for them to gauge its safety credentials. These two new tests are the already familiar 'small overlap' test, as well as angled or oblique crashes with solid stationary objects.
In the small overlap test, the corner of the bumper hits an object, exerting a lot of force, which is focused on a very small area - this particular crash test procedure really puts a lot of strain, even on very safe cars, and only those which have been engineered to withstand more than the regular battery of tests done by the NHTSA can handle it in the real sense of the word.
The other proposed new test is, as its name suggests, an angled impact with a stationary object.
If both or either of these tests makes into the full testing procedure, then the full five-star crash safety rating will be a lot more difficult to obtain.
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The other proposed new test is, as its name suggests, an angled impact with a stationary object.
If both or either of these tests makes into the full testing procedure, then the full five-star crash safety rating will be a lot more difficult to obtain.
Story via autonews.com
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