NHTSA Requires Anti-Ejection Measures for Cars, Trucks
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U.S. auto-safety regulators will require automakers to take steps to prevent passengers from being ejected from side windows in rollover crashes under a rule issued today.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said improving anti-ejection measures will cost $31 per vehicle, or $507 million annually for all cars sold in the U.S. The agency said the measures may save 373 lives a year by making it more likely that people will stay inside vehicles that crash. Forty-seven percent of people killed in rollover crashes are ejected from vehicles, the agency said.