crash test Maruti Suzuki Swift - zero security stars
Mandatory testing COLLISION for cars in India from October 2015.
The results of the crash tests recently conducted on the Maruti Suzuki Swift and Datsun GO has created quite an uproar in the country as they failed to pass the test and received zero safety rating This has highlighted the need for mandatory crash test for vehicles sold in India so that they have a minimum level of solvency of the accident to ensure occupant safety a compulsory frontal crash test is proposed by the government for each vehicle to determine their rating security to implement October 2015.
Road transport secretary Vijay Chhibber said: We will notify the regulatory standard next March, when facilities for this test will be ready then, manufacturers have more than six months to comply with the standard when they can produce cars with a minimum and mandatory security requirement for other countries, why not they can do the same for our national buyers.
The crash proposed test involves an impact frontal collision at a speed 56kmph Other tests will also be conducted to evaluate the safety of occupants and proposed a number of stars will be assigned to each vehicle as part of a proposed Bharat new vehicle safety assessment program BNVSAP the testing process be conducted in the facilities of NATRiP project or national automotive testing and R & D infrastructure located throughout India, including major cities like Delhi Manesar Chennai, Pune ARAI, etc.
Tests recently conducted by the Global Assessment of new cars NCAP program by an independent charity in the UK, focused on vehicle safety initiatives for consumers on the Maruti Suzuki Swift and Datsun GO won the two vehicles a zero rate both models are the most basic variants without airbags and ABS and therefore faired poorly in terms of occupant safety Although the addition of an airbag would improve its rating structure of the Datsun GO other hand was declared so unstable that the addition of an airbag would be redundant and will not prevent life threatening injuries that test results are particularly worrying because the airbags and ABS are optional features and are generally offered by manufacturers on more variants high to keep the entry level low cost variants A lack of awareness pa RMI Indian consumers also means that they are unwilling to pay extra for safety features.
Max Mosley, president, Global NCAP, said, India has the potential to be a world leader in the automotive industry, but Indian consumers are not aware of how they would be in the case a dangerous accident introducing a mandatory frontal crash test would ensure that every car sold in India would have an appropriate structure and the minimum security features the direct involvement of such a test would be to airbags and ABS mandatory price pushing entry level variants, but it will also ensure the safety of occupants, which is of paramount importance.
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