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New Airbag Standard Possible

Automotive Industries, June, 1999 by Tom Lankard

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) may adopt new airbag regulations by next March. It will issue a revised Notice of Proposed Rule Making later this year, most likely in September. That means it must adopt a rule by March 2000.

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Automakers fear the 30-mph barrier crash test, which they say can be passed only by re-powering frontal airbags, will be reinstated. "We need to continue depowering," says Barry Felrice, former NHTSA official and now DalmlerChrysler's senior manager for regulatory affairs in Washington. He says airbag suppliers "have no technology that can do all the things NHTSA wants."

Automotive Industry

New Airbag Standard Possible

Automotive Industries, June, 1999 by Tom Lankard

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