VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: State-of-the-Art Testing Facility Opens to Study Deadly Rollover Crashes
11 Dezember 2006 - 9:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollovers account for only one in
50 car crashes each year, but they claim nearly four of every ten
lives lost on the nation's highways -- 10,000 fatalities a year.
They are also responsible for another 200,000 injuries, according
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). (See
video at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=32830)
Automotive safety experts at a new $10 million rollover crash
testing facility near Detroit will study ways to keep occupants
from being ejected in rollover crashes and develop air bag sensors
to better protect occupants in a rollover. General Motors, which
opened the facility on December 5, is the first automaker to
integrate in-house testing for the infrequent, but often deadly
rollover crashes. Registered journalists can access video, audio,
text, graphics and photos for free and unrestricted use at
http://media.medialink.com/. DATASOURCE: Medialink and General
Motors CONTACT: Medialink New York, +1-888-560-5578 or Web site:
http://media.medialink.com/
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