Iran Khodro escapes from accepting guilt / Why did the airbags not open?
According to Eqtesadonline; On January 11 this year, two chain accidents in the Behbahan axis caused a large number of cars to collide with each other. The accident resulted in the death of several occupants at the scene, injuries to several others and, of course, extensive damage to vehicles present at the crash site.
Following this incident, Rahvar police officials stated that due to the standardization of road signs, human error was probably the main cause of the accident, but at the same time, a statement from the police revealed that the quality of production vehicles was once again involved in the accident. To the extent that the police chief likened domestically produced cars to death chariots.
The issue of the quality of domestic cars has been discussed many times in recent years. While Iran Khodro, as the largest domestic car manufacturer in Iran, has taken over a significant part of the market and has taken over the market exclusively by banning imports, not only in these years has it provided a detailed explanation about the quality of its production cars. He does not shy away from accepting responsibility even in incidents such as the Behbahan accident.
What became a serious issue in the Behbahan accident was the issue of not opening the car airbags, equipment that is offered to customers as one of the options for domestic cars, but in an accident like the recent accident that resulted in the death of several passengers, in many The cars basically did not operate the airbags.
Contrary to the experience of many countries in the world that if a company’s product does not work properly, it will cause officials to be held accountable, compensated and at least formally apologized. The neck is kind of crashed.
10 days after the Behbahan accident, Iran Khodro officially announced: out of 59 cars involved in the accident, 15 cars belong to Iran Khodro Industrial Group. The Soren airbag operated and opened due to the collision and accident conditions, and five cars were old models without airbags. In the remaining seven of the nine devices, according to the expert examinations and analysis of the available information, the non-opening of the airbag is definitely approved and in accordance with the standard. The results of the studies of the other two devices will be determined by completing the expert information.
It is not clear how the standard announced by Iran Khodro confirms that in such an accident, such an airbag was not opened and there was no problem in the performance of the automaker. Explaining the reason for the poor performance of its vehicles in the recent accident, the company added that in a series of accidents where the impact is from the rear and front of the car, the airbag operates if the time of the front impact occurred earlier than the rear. It is even stated in the explanations that the unreasonable opening of the airbag can lead to the accident of seeing the passenger, and in this way, these technical problems have been interpreted by Iran Khodro as a kind of favor to the passengers.
The fact that car safety equipment only works in certain circumstances, and if the type of accident is not considered by the company, the airbags are not opened, is definitely an issue that should be entered by regulatory bodies, and finally, with any approach, the car company should be partly to blame. To take.
The strange remarks of Iran Khodro’s deputy for quality were also met with a reaction from the Rahvar police. In response to these remarks, the police announced: Let them explain, how fast were the cars in this accident? Secondly, how do they determine the angle of the accident and the type of collision in this accident, and where and by what formula did they reach this conclusion? Isn’t this statement made by them to escape responsibility in this accident !? They must test the accident for these vehicles and submit the documents to the National Standards Organization and declare them transparently so that the car owners know that they are not riding in the chariot of death. The traffic police, while supporting domestic production, declare that car manufacturers are obliged to comply with the notification standards in terms of quality and health of car occupants.
Although it seems that Iran Khodro has prepared itself to escape responsibility, like other incidents, but the pursuit of Minister Samat has created this hope that the quality of domestic cars may be determined, at least in the field of safety. Reza Fatemi Amin, Minister of Industry, in a letter to Mohsen Salehnia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization, Idro requested a detailed report and review of the quality assessment process of car safety parts in all car companies, as well as the quality of parts used in accidents and technical defects. The group of safety parts and injured in the accident, especially the airbag.
Automakers are promising to increase production next year as they face the problem of defective vehicles remaining on production lines in recent months, and given Iran Khodro’s approach, customers are concerned that defective vehicles with safety equipment. Poor quality completed and come to market and threaten the lives of passengers in incidents such as the Behbahan accident.
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