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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in January said that to enhance

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the safety of occupants of motor vehicles against lateral impact, it has been decided to
enhance safety features by amending the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989.

The government will make it

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mandatory for carmakers to provide a

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minimum of six airbags in motor
vehicles that can carry up to eight
passengers for enhanced safety of
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occupants, Union minister Nitin
Gadkari said on Monday.

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preventing serious injuries. said every year, around 1.5 lakh people
are killed in five lakh accidents across
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six airbags in motor vehicles... We want to save the lives of the people," the
road transport and highways minister said.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in January said that
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to enhance the safety of occupants of motor vehicles against lateral impact, it
has been decided to enhance safety features by amending the Central Motor
Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989.

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"A draft notification has been issued on January 14, 2022, which mandates
that vehicles of category M1, manufactured after October 1, 2022, shall be
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An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system which interferes between the
driver and the vehicle's dashboard during a collision, thereby preventing
serious injuries.

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To paraphrase Ralph Nader Cars are Unsafe at Any Speed !! If an occupant
does not buckle up their safety belts nothing will save them in an accident.
Please remember Princess Diana died in one of the safest cars ie a High end
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even after seeing the result of NCAP result of Caren of KIA which even after
having six airbags scored poor in safety ratings, govt should have learnt some 3. Vaxx, testing, vaxx, testing...
lesson and instead of increasing Airbags focus on structural and seatbelts
strength. Even after having the Six airbags the Caren wasn't able to keep the
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using that money to get those airbags govt should learn some lessons
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