European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A moving the 11 a Quot pillar farther away from the occupants head. # Side air bags to protect against injury in lateral collisions. As of the 1990 Model year All passenger vehicles must be equipped with Quot passive restraints Quot in the front seats either front air bags or automatic seat belts. An estimated 4 million vehicles on the Road had air bags As 0f this year according to Federal estimates 9 shatterproof Side windows with plastic inner linings similar to those in the Windshield to prevent occupants from being thrown out the Side. Siegel also suggests that the current Laboratory crash Standard of 30 Mph fails to test for the kinds of accidents that actually take place a a View that has some Auto Industry support. And Siegel urges tougher standards regarding head injuries As Well As standards that would for the first time specifically address injuries to the Pelvis lower leg Bone Ankles and feet. Some changes Are in the works already according to Federal transportation officials. The government has proposed regulations to raise the level of Protection required from Side crashes. A final decision on the regulations is due this year. The proposed rules would require improved door and door Latch structures and better padding on the Interior of the door. But Albert Slechter a Chrysler corp. Regulatory expert cautions that safer car design Means More than just tinkering with individual parts of the vehicle. In a crash Quot the vehicle. Is very much a system Quot whose different parts must work together to protect the passenger he says. To meet the 30-Mph Federal crash Standard for example the cards front end is designed to crush inward by some 20 to 25 inches dissipating the Force of the crash. That Force otherwise would be transmitted to the passengers. Seatbelt or air bags further protect the passengers from the dangerous Force of the crash and their designs assume that crashes will take place within a certain Likely Range of speeds. To meet a higher Speed crash Standard manufacturers would probably stiffen the front of the vehicle meaning it would crush less in a frontal Impact says Slechter. But a stiffer front end also Means that passengers would have to be protected from More Force in the event of a crash complicating the Job of the restraint system. There could even be some Trade off in the vehicle s performance in lower Speed crashes says  drive insurance Bill up by Mark Bomster Baltimore evening Sun the 44-year-old scientist was driving Home from work in his pickup truck. A careful Man he was wearing his seat Belt. Then a car going in the opposite direction crossed the median strip out of control at about 50 Mph a 73 feet per second a and hit the pickup head on. Both Drivers survived but the scientist got the worst of it severe brain damage and extensive lower body injuries resulting in a year of rehabilitation and $222,000 in medical Bills within six months of the crash. Recovering from the brain damage was especially difficult because the injury worked Subtle changes on his personality and put a heavy Strain on his family. After six months at Home he was Able to return to work just one Day a week under the careful supervision of his employers. Such stories Are typical among people injured in High Speed car crashes say researchers at the Shock trauma unit in Baltimore md., site of a unique crash study funded by the Federal government. Though More than 40,000 people Are killed on the roads each year the thousands More who Are severely injured put a far heavier financial Strain on society. According to a report prepared for Congress last year automobile crashes resulted in direct costs of $12.3 billion in 1985. But the total projected lifetime costs from those injuries was far greater $48.7 billion. And severe crashes in which the victim survived carry the biggest Price tag according to other figures cited by the Shock trauma researchers $179,881 in direct treatment costs compared with $1,471 in the average fatal crash. Quot its the injury that a driving that insurance Bill up Quot says or. John h. Siegel chief of the Shock trauma study. Quot you be got to reduce the injuries and reduce the Cost of  according to Ope National estimate cited in the study just 2 percent of All non fatal crashes Are Likely to account for 44 percent of lifetime medical costs from such accidents. Crash victims often Are Young working class people of limited Means. Many of the victims in the study had no health insurance and the Cost of their treatment was borne by medical assistance programs. Even victims with Good insurance can sometimes use up their benefits. All of that leads Siegel to conclude that medical and insurance savings would far outweigh the Cost of making safer cars. Up airbags help protect passengers from the dangerous Force of a crash. That fact May do More to alter car design than the annual body count he says adding that big Dollar figures have Quot a tremendous Impact in our society a far More than death and  new vehicles now must meet Federal crash test standards based on a head on crash into a fixed Barrier at 30 Mph. In addition the government publishes 35-Mph crash data on a limited number of cars strictly for the Benefit of Consumers. Seat belts and shoulder belts have Long been required in passenger cars. As of the 1990 Model year All cars must be equipped with passive restraints such As air bags or automatic seat belts. Chrysler which has Drivers Side air bags in All vehicles made in the United states starting with the 1990 Model year estimates the manufacturer s Cost for the devices at $300 per vehicle. Albert Slechter a Chrysler corp. Regulatory expert says the easiest Way to build a More crash resistant car is to increase the amount of Metal in the vehicle s Structure. But Quot adding safety adds weight a he says. Quot when you add weight you lose fuel  and automakers must meet certain Federal requirements on fuel efficiency Slechter Points out. He also notes that even a simple increase in the Barrier crash Standard from 30 to 35 Mph Quot essentially requires a total redesign of the  however some government sponsored research suggests that a safer vehicle could be marketed for a moderate or nominal increase in Price. Mar technology inc., a Santa Barbara Calif based firm specializing in car safety research and development worked under contract to the National Highway traffic safety administration in the 1970s and designed from scratch a car capable of passing a 50-Mph crash test. It name classified and order form mail to stars and stripes Box 266, Apo 09211-4211 rank soc. Sec. 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