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RCED-84-177 1 (1984-09-10)

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BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee

On Oversight And Investigations

Committee On Energy And Commerce

House Of Representatives






Status Of Two Department Of

Transportation Air Bag Projects




This report discusses two National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration air bag projects. One project is a joint effort
with the General Services Administration to purchase
5,000 motorpool cars with driver-side air bag systems. The
other project involves a contract with a private firm to
design and produce air bag retrofit kits to be installed on
the driver side of 500 state police cars. The estimated cost
of these projects is about $6.35 million.

GAO found that the Safety Administration is authorized to
conduct these projects as research and development
activities and to promote or encourage fleet owners to
place orders for cars with air bags. GAO also found that the
fleets involved in the projects will not provide statistically
significant data on the effectiveness of air bag systems in
reducing car accident injuries and fatalities. However, the
Safety Administration expects the projects to provide
useful information on the auto industry's air bag pro-
duction capability; the performance, reliability, and main-
tainability of air bags; and whether the fleet drivers will
accept air bags.






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