Sentence examples for roof strength from inspiring English sources

Both require new rules on the key structural issues like seat belts and roof strength.

It got a Good rating for front and rear impacts, but Marginal for roof strength.

The rating is based on roof strength as well as front, side and rear-impact crash tests.

So the agency proposed a smaller increase in roof strength that might save 44 lives a year.

"We are very pleased with the progress that is being made, especially this latest round with roof strength," he continued.

On Tuesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released test results relating to the roof strength of five minivans.

Only 27 vehicles received that distinction last year after the Insurance Institute added a roof-strength parameter to its test criteria.

After crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety — including a new roof-strength test — the four-door Golf was rated a Top Safety Pick.

"If analysis is going to be imposed on the rule-making process, we want higher values for injury and for fatalities," said Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, which pushed the Transportation Department to reconsider the roof-strength regulation.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a car-safety research group funded by insurers, announced its highest-rated cars and SUVs for 2010, having added a rollover roof-strength test this year.

Last year, the Obama administration imposed the stricter and more expensive roof-strength standard, and it published a new set of calculations showing that the benefits outstripped the costs.