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After several years of will they, wont they the government has finally introduced a crash-testing program called the Bharat New Car Assessment Program for new passenger vehiclesunder3.5 tonne..
This brings India in line with most other nations in the world who have their own crash testingprogrammesfor new vehicles..
The programme also includes afrontal offset crash test, where the car is dragged by a pulleyuntil it reaches a speed of64 kilometres per hour.At this point, the vehicle drivesinto a deformable aluminium honeycomb barrier, hitting 40 per cent of the front of the car..
There is also a side impact test that simulates a heavy vehicle slamming into the side of the test vehicle.Thepole side impact test, is an interestingtest in the programmeas it considers the fact that vehicles often slam into an electricity or light pole after losing control in an accident situation...
Even if a vehicle scores highly, the testing regime evolves over time and manufacturers are constantly making their cars safer..
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