What Safety Features Should a Car Have?
Aired August 26, 2000 – 2:10 p.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: With new auto safety technology on the horizon, the big question is when will these innovations be standard features in our cars. To help us answer such questions, we’re joined in Washington by Julie Rochman of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Hi, Julie. JULIE ROCHMAN, INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY: Thanks for having me on the show. PHILLIPS: Yes. Highway safety advocates historically have focused on efforts — their efforts, I would say, on preventing crashes. Do you think in any way this may have prevented lifesaving vehicle designs to be overlooked throughout the years? ROCHMAN: Well, actually, we focus on three different parts of the crash. There’s technology that can be used to avoid crashes all together. There’s technology that is useful actually during the crash. And then there are technological advances that we
