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...roof collapsed, and the woman contended that it was defective and had added to her injuries. General Motors replied that accidents are not part of the normal and foreseeable use of the car. Judge John Fullam found that defense too narrow. While automakers cannot be required to build a "crashproof" car, he said, "passengers must be provided with a reasonably safe container within which to make the journey...
...will be safer still, but there is no car planned or existing that could not be substantially improved. "The automakers have voluntarily adopted many safety features, but they have not gone far enough," says National Safety Council Chief Pyle. When Detroit rolls out a truly crashproof car, it will make all other models obsolete and serve as the greatest goad to sales since Henry Ford's model T. It is eminently possible that the makers of the world's most joyous and necessary appliance will be able to slash the casualty rate by three-quarters-and that...
...begin with," said Gordon, addressing a meeting of the National Safety Congress in Chicago, "it is completely unrealistic even to talk about a foolproof and crashproof car. An automobile must still be something that people will want to buy and use. Safety, in any environment from a bathtub to a bomb shelter, is a relative term, not an absolute. In the case of the automobile, we can only design into it the greatest degree of safety that is consistent with other essential functional characteristics. Beyond that, we must depend on intelligent...
...Lines DC-8 jetliner that crashed into Brooklyn last fortnight, federal investigators last week plucked part of the answer to events that brought on mid-air collision and the world's worst air disaster (TIME, Dec. 26). The story was etched on the metal tape of the crashproof flight recorder that the DC-8-like all jets-carried under federal regulations. Translated, the taped squiggles showed that the jet, bound for New York's Idlewild terminal from Chicago, made a steep descent from 14,000 to 5,000 ft. as it approached the Preston holding area...
AUTO SAFETY will be the next big sales pitch of the automakers. Ads for 1956 models will play up such safety features as seat belts, crashproof door locks and padded dashboards (see MEDICINE...