U.S. to Require Anti-Rollover Technology on New Cars by 2012
National News • September 15, 2006
New automobiles will be required to have anti-rollover technology by the 2012 model year, which should save thousands of lives annually, the government's traffic safety agency said Thursday.
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Subject: Stability Control Mandate
Posted On: September 21, 2006, 12:46 pm CDT
Posted By: El Squid
Comment:
God forbid we should actually teach people how to drive and to educate them about the folly of storming corners in top heavy SUV's. At the risk of sounding my age, drivers today suck. They pay no attention to what's going on around them and when they do something stupid and get injured or kill some one it's the vehicle manufacturer's fault. I have put in well over a million miles in my cars and I have not had an accident since I was in my early 20's. I take driving very seriously and I don't need another electronic Nanny in my vehicle seizing control with no notice.
As I have said so many times before, insurance companies and municipalities use "Traffic Safety" as a bottomless source of revenue and more intrusive doo dads to compensate for driver ignorance and incompetence is a cost I choose to not bear. I will continue to drive my current vehicles until they or I die of old age.
Subject: Stability Control Mandate
As I have said so many times before, insurance companies and municipalities use "Traffic Safety" as a bottomless source of revenue and more intrusive doo dads to compensate for driver ignorance and incompetence is a cost I choose to not bear. I will continue to drive my current vehicles until they or I die of old age.