Make air bags, ABS and other safety features compulsory. NCAP 0 ratings have no place on our roads.
This is long overdue!
This is long overdue!
https://twitter.com/swarajyamag/status/1482212384395902978
We need more robust crash test research & standards within our country. I've worked with NHTSA on couple of projects and their approach is very different. They don't start with models and pre-existing stds unlike here. They start on first principles and then build a framework (+)
based on a wide breadth and depth of experiments. We need to stop importing standards. Not because they are bad or unsuitable to our country, but because our regulators do not understand the how and why of these standards. This then extends to the automotive OEMs too.
Regulators look for parameters to satisfy, without understanding what it means in first principles & the OEMs knowing that the parameters are the only thing to be satisfied game their development around it. A little deeper look reveals flaws in the cardboard boxes that we make.
NCAP ratings are not just about airbags. So NCAP is a very good metric to assess cars.
If one wants affordable cars, push for less taxes as a public policy, not low safety standards. Comparing it with two wheeler safety to justify is a self-defeating move.
If one wants affordable cars, push for less taxes as a public policy, not low safety standards. Comparing it with two wheeler safety to justify is a self-defeating move.
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