Just as one can expect prices to go up over time, one can also expect regulations to grow in number as well in the U.S. But alas, it looks as if at least one set of new regulations may at the very least be kept at bay for a bit longer.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reportedly withdrawn proposed new regulations that were aimed at forcing automakers to install an automatic reverse function for power windows in the event that they met any form of resistance while closing, according to Consumer Reports. The regulations were aimed at saving lives and reducing injuries from children who may get their neck, head or other appendages stuck in the window track and suffer injury or death due to the window failing to stop its closing procedure.
Now, NHTSA has concluded that adding the regulation would do little to improve safety or reduce fatalities, and says any new regulation would more likely “address primarily ‘finger-pinch’ type injuries.”
The safety agency went on to explain that as many automakers have changed from a button that is pushed down to close the window, to a design that requires the button to be pulled up. The net result, says NHTSA, is that the incidents in question have almost entirely been eliminated, making the new regulations unnecessary.
Another aspect of the 2007 Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, mandatory reverse cameras, was also shied away from by NHTSA recently as they asked for an extension on the matter.
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