Unpublished Car Crash Test

Cars undergo series of tests to gauge its durability, safety and crash tolerance before they are even mass-produced and approved for public use.

Car manufacturers conduct these series of tests to determine if a certain car model should undergo some changes, complete overhaul or re-engineering.

The government has also the responsibility to foresee that standards are followed in conducting car tests. The results should be made public to apprise the public of a car’s potential dangers.

However, in one test conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it was found out that 2008 model year vehicles were not infant friendly. As seen in a crash video test the infant car seat flies off its base, crushing the baby dummy still strapped into the carrier.

As the test was used to determine the car’s safety and not the child’s restraints in them, the result was never made public.

Regardless of the purpose of the test, the result should be published. It is the government’s responsibility to inform the public of threats or risks that would affect them in some way.

By now, such car model may have found its way to the market and worst bought by several who may have infant in the family. By now also, through Chicago Tribune’s investigation, they may have been informed of result.

The published test result may have too late some already bought the car but it’s never too late to make a conscious effort to prevent car crash.