{"id":32386,"date":"2009-05-06T09:41:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T09:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/car_roof_crush_standards_incre\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:59:39","slug":"car-roof-crush-standards-incre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/car-roof-crush-standards-incre\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Roof Crush Standards Increased"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many automobile crashes which our Georgia lawyers investigate involve serious injury and deaths which are caused by roof collapses in rollover situations. Tragically, many of these victims would have been less seriously injured or survived had the roof of the vehicle not collapsed. For many years, safety advocates have urged auto makers and the federal government to increase the minimal standards for vehicle roof strength.<\/p>\n<p>Now, under pressure from Congress, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued increased roof-strength requirements.  The long-awaited federal upgrade of the 35-year-old regulation governing vehicle roof strength will save 135 lives and prevent more than 1,000 injuries according to the United States Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>This is encouraging news. But, at the same time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued lower requirements for the heaviest vehicles and added a phase-in period. The final regulation boosts the requirement to three times the weight for vehicles up to 6,000 pounds. Vehicles 6,000-10,000 pounds must meet a 1.5 times standard. NHTSA says 135 lives will be saved and 1,065 injuries. The new regulation is estimated to  add $54 per vehicle in design costs and another $15 to $62 in added fuel costs. NHTSA has been working with updating the current regulation for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/car-roof-crush-standards-incre\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Car Roof Crush Standards Increased\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many automobile crashes which our Georgia lawyers investigate involve serious injury and deaths which are caused by roof collapses in rollover situations. Tragically, many of these victims would have been less seriously injured or survived had the roof of the vehicle not collapsed. 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