Push to phase out cars made pre-2002.

Venomous1 · 18-03-2018, 05:45 PM

Not sure how I feel about this approach especially as a fan of many cars pre-2002.

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Vehicles older than 15 years – many lacking lifesaving airbags or electronic stability control – should be phased out to reduce road deaths, according to a leading non-profit safety ratings group.

The call by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) came after a review of road fatalities over the past three years.
The rate of fatal crashes for vehicles 15 years and older was four times greater than for occupants in vehicles made in the past five years, crash data from 2014 to 2016 shows.

The research by ANCAP found that the average age of cars and sports utility vehicles involved in fatal crashes rose gradually from 12.5 years old in 2014 to 12.9 in 2015 and 13.1 in 2016. At the same time, the average age of Australian passenger cars stayed the same at 9.8 years old.

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The worst vehicles for a fatal crash were those built from 1998 to 2002, which accounted for one in four passenger vehicle and SUV fatalities in 2016. Classic cars were not a problem, ANCAP found.