India Postpones Six Airbag Rule for Cars Despite Deadliest Roads
An air bag display in car in Greater Noida, India.
Photographer: Pradeep Gaur/Mint/Getty Images
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India, home to the world’s deadliest roads, has pushed back by a year a rule that would have made it compulsory to install at least six airbags in cars as the auto industry continues to grapple with supply disruptions.
“Considering the global supply chain constraints being faced by the auto industry and its impact on the macroeconomic scenario, it has been decided to implement the proposal mandating a minimum of six airbags in passenger cars” from Oct. 1 next year, the nation’s Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a Twitter post Thursday. The previous deadline was Oct. 1 this year.