the eight pillars started to collapse and the driver moved to the side of the airbag with he had been thrust towards the a pillar to the right here we clearly need better and more stable restraint systems. he. came in you know better with going to the end on stepping it up. and finally the toyota i go. about truth and if the toyota i go performs the worst here too we see problems with the stability of the passenger cabin that with the i go is willie equipped with a curtain air bag but it triggered too late i think from a tower oddity that couldn t add back what had to speak and it so once again the driver was thrust towards the a pillar and ended up being trapped between two air banks guy that there was no damage from the airbags themselves but they weren t able to provide. i had their full protective function with me and fight. the many i
because says they want to reconstruct a real life situation so they re going to have to train their crash into each of the three cars at the same angle traveling at forty kilometers an hour they want to see how well the restraint systems and passenger cabin protect the occupants. if the shit. now for the moment of truth. even though the trailer wasn t moving at high speed and only clipped the side of the car the damage is huge. the reno twingo is the first to meet its fate. followed by the toyota i go. and then these go to city go. but in i let my not conquer says that when they
400,000 jeep patriot and compass suvs from model years 2010 to 2012 are being recalled over sensor activated restraint systems. the seat belts and air bags might not work properly during slow rollovers. chrysler is not aware of any injuries or accidents caused by that issue. the company is also recalling more than 200,000 2012 and 2013 suvs over the problem with power steering component and premature wear. all that happening with chrysler. here s what else we re workin on for this hour, racial profiling. learn why george zimmerman s lawyers want those and several others banned from the trial. and he was of course one of the most watched men in the world. what is it like now for mitt romney now that he s out of the spotlight? we re going to hear from him
dummies to the crash tests. we are also rating a system now not just for male passengers or drivers but for female passengers or drivers. that s an extraordinary leap for us. our concern when they announced these new procedures is we thought they could do more. reporter: another group, the insurance institute for highway safety, has used female dummies in its testing since 2003. after discarding the theory that protecting an average-size man would protect everyone. we need to check out how restraint systems are working for smaller occupants and for lighter-weight occupants. reporter: most vehicles tested under the old government system earned a top five-star safety rating. not now. just 2 of 34 vehicles tested with the new standards, the bmw 5 series and hyundai sonata, received top marks. the nissan versa scored lowest with two stars. the top-selling toyota camry got three stars overall. toyota tells abc news, this is caused by the new testing