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Background Information:

» (9/4/08) Roof Crush Conference September 9, 2008 » (12/13/05) Bernquist Slides, Safety Cage Design in the Volvo XC90 [1.01 MB] » (11/28/05) 1991-2004 Rollover Fatalities Map [66 KB] » (11/28/05) Presentation of Stephen Batzer [494 KB] » (11/28/05) Roof crush chronology [36 KB] » (5/18/05) General Motors Documents Showing Knowledge of Roof Crush Risks [399 KB] » (4/29/05) Case Study of 54 Rollover Crashes - by Don Friedman [1.91 MB] » (4/29/05) Deficiencies of NHTSA’s Current and Proposed Static, One-Sided Test of Roof Strength, FMVSS 216 - Don Friedman [795 KB] » (3/30/05) Improving Roof Strength Is Feasible and Inexpensive » (3/30/05) Ineffective Standard Allows Roofs To Be Perilously Weak » (3/30/05) NHTSA’s Unfulfilled Promises Leave Us At Risk » (3/30/05) Roof Crush is a Major Cause of Rollover Deaths and Injuries » (3/30/05) The Public Should Walk Away From Rollover Crashes-- But Few Do

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