NHTSA Says 5 Star Crash Ratings Are Too Hard To Understand So Adding Objective Ratings As Well

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is planning significant updates and upgrades to its New Car Assessment Program for 2020.

Their program tests vehicle performance in various crash scenarios, providing an objective rating on a 5-star scale, thus making it easy for consumers to understand which models are safe and which present certain risks in case of an accident.

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PUGPROUD - 10/17/2019 4:21:20 PM

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TomM - 10/17/2019 5:25:15 PM

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I am still waiting for the PROOF that doing well on these tests can be connected to less injury and death in the real world accident.

THe test done is something that is completely unlikely to happen in the real world - controlled acceleration to an exact point on a car crash. Funny - but they have never shown there is any connection with the real world - the insurance industry still uses this to rate cars for their purposes.