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Automatic reversing windows unnecessary
NHTSA: Automatic reversing windows unnecessary
Posted Monday, Aug 31, 2009, 12:00 pm in Employee News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has tentatively decided not to require automatic reversing windows, the agency said Friday, the Detroit News reported.
In 2008, Congress required NHTSA to study whether to require power windows to reverse direction when they detect an obstruction, to prevent children from being trapped, injured, or killed, the paper said. But NHTSA says another regulation in place since last fall makes automatic reversing windows unnecessary, the News said.
“The agency has tentatively determined that the scope of the power window safety issue can be effectively addressed without mandating (automatic reversing systems) on all windows,” NHTSA said in a draft regulation released today.
The NHTSA regulation that took effect in October 2008 required automakers to install window switches that users must pull up in order to open a window, but it does not require that windows reverse direction automatically when obstructed, the paper said. That’s to prevent people from accidentally rolling windows up, the story said. (The Detroit News)
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