LETTER TO THE EDITOR ON THE TOPIC ROAD SAFETY
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The Government has announced plans to introduce mandatory safety norms for cars by July 2019. This will require car manufacturers to install airbags (the number has not been specified), seatbelt reminders (again, it has not been been specified for how many), and a speeding warning system, reverse parking sensor and a manual override for central locking systems.
These safety measures are almost more than a year away from being implemented and many manufacturers are in no hurry to offer them on their products. Why? Adding these safety features would increase the prices of these cars and bikes, and at least in the short term it doesn’t make sense. People are still not very particular about safety equipment, this could be because of ignorance or a misplaced belief in their luck - and manufacturers would rather price their products cheaper than risk losing customers, even if it compromises safety