New Delhi: The Ministry of Transportation has proposed a mandatory installation of six airbags in all cars with seating capacity of up to eight people starting this October this year.
That step, regardless of costs and variants, was announced by the Union Nitin Gadkari minister on Friday.
Aimed at increasing passenger security in the back seat, it will encourage a fee of Rs 8,000-Hospital 10,000 per vehicle.
“To minimize the impact of the frontal and lateral collisions to residents who sit in the front and rear compartment, it has been decided that the four additional airbags are mandated in the M1 vehicle category (car): two sides / two torso curtains and two curtains / tube airbags cover all passengers paste.
…, “Gadkari tweeted.
The car industry is not happy with the plan.
The source at the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) said the lobby group had been marked by Gadkari how the steps to make the six airbags must not be based on the evidence and road death data when he first held a meeting with industrial representatives in August.
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“There is nothing in the world there are rules for airbags in the car.
We meet the norms of regulatory accident tests.
Second, there is no data or empirical evidence of passenger rear seats or car residents who face greater risks.
There will be additional fees for cars because of features Additionally and it will affect the decision making of people who want to shift from two-wheeled vehicles to the car, “said the source.
Industrial sources also said the proposed timeline was difficult to apply.
However, government officials rejected claims quoting that all cars produced in India to export to Europe have at least six airbags.