By Leftlane Staff
Monday, Sep 11th, 2006 @ 10:11 am

Federal officials this week are expected to propose requiring that all vehicles have stability-control systems as standard equipment to reduce rollovers and other types of crashes, reports USA Today. More than 10,000 lives could be saved each year with the technology, according to the IIHS. The technology works by applying brakes or power to individual wheels and on some systems even instantaneously adjusting suspension to help the driver maintain control of the vehicle. “You don’t know it’s really there helping you until something happens,” says Andy Brown of supplier Delphi. “Then you see the merits.” IIHS estimates that if all vehicles had stability control, the risk of single-vehicle crashes would be cut by 40 percent.

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