ANCAP to implement car flood testing from next year
The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) is set to introduce a series of new test regimes next year designed to find whether vehicles have any safety shortcomings in the event of a flood.
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safety
ANCAP safety ratings to expire this year for Australian best sellers
A selection of new vehicles, including some of the best-selling nameplates in Australia, are set to lose their coveted five star ANCAP safety rating this year. The move will apply for any vehicle with a rating that’s six-years-old or older.
Autonomous emergency braking adoption accelerates
The Australasian New Car Assessment Program says the adoption of autonomous emergency braking is the highest it's ever been.
Regulator calls for strengthened consumer law
With 6.6 million consumer products still in circulation the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants the federal government to implement a "new safety duty".
Pedestrian detection potentially dangerous
The American Automobile Association has performed independent testing of pedestrian detection within autonomous emergency braking systems which reveals it may not save lives.
Revolutionary new airbag design debuts
Hyundai Motor Company has debuted its side-impact airbag which deploys in the centre of a vehicle between front occupants.
