Samenvatting
The impact of proposed changes to Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, "Occupant Crash Protection", is analyzed as they apply to passenger cars. Interlock-belt system effectiveness was compared with air cushion-lap belt system effectiveness in terms of reduced deaths and injuries. If the total passenger car population were equipped with the interlock-belt system, 7000 fewer fatalities and 340,000 fewer injuries could be expected annually. Comparable figures for the air cushion-lap belt system are 15,600 and 1,000, 000.