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General Motors has opened a new $10 million rollover crash testing facility in Michigan. GM officials say the premise of the facility is to reduce the number of rollover-related injuries and deaths by developing sensors for airbags. An estimated 2 percent of all crashes involve rollovers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. From this 2 percent, an estimated 10,000 people die annually, a number that comprises 40 percent of all automotive crash fatalities a year. Almost 200 crash tests a year are expected to occur at this new facility, which is the first plant of its kind to be owned by an automaker.

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Uploaded: December 8, 2006 at 12:14 pm
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whattheheck1000 (July 28, 2008 at 9:38 pm)
gm kicks ass
theberengersniper (July 16, 2008 at 9:02 pm)
I'm sure I don't fully understand the test, but what's the point of 'rollover testing' if they don't roll the cars over? All I saw was a car that tipped onto its side.
PowerSports420 (June 30, 2008 at 12:07 am)
Your %100 correct!!!
ecko8747 (May 27, 2008 at 2:42 am)
Of course they probably rig their results to make themselves look better. I'd only trust the NTHS if I was looking for results.
turq02 (May 14, 2008 at 10:31 pm)
i agree with you but also gm owns cadillac,hummer,opel & daewoo ;)
GMminivans9968 (April 20, 2008 at 5:52 pm)
Thank you, GM. We love your safe vehicles.
GMminivans9968 (April 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm)
Be quiet, richardwhat.
richardwhat (April 18, 2008 at 1:29 am)
So when is GM going to build a facility that makes cars worth buying?
theoneonlysavone (April 10, 2008 at 8:42 pm)
Really, these tests are not suffecient, for one there are no net in a roll-over and second if gm doesn't stop with the cheap stuff they would'nt have to show a kiddy rollover like that. If you replace that net with a tree like simulation or wall than we could see how it keeps someone in the vechile...until then garbage.
MartinsBrew (March 25, 2008 at 3:19 am)
Sorry didn't mean to write two, but yes I was ok.. I rolled 4-5mph..
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