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GM Safety systems are developed through testing and engineering programs that lead the auto industry.

Even though the government requires manufacturers to conduct safety tests with a dummy representing the average adult male, GM developed and uses a “family of dummies” in vehicle tests, because our customers are families: men, women and children. The government specifies safety testing in the front seating positions with a mid-sized male dummy. GM, however, tests with a variety of dummies in a variety of front and rear seating positions. GM crash tests over 600 vehicles a year -over six times the number required to comply with government regulations.

Air bag evaluations provide an example of GM’s extensive testing. GM air bags are the most comprehensively engineered and developed in the industry. The government specifies air bag testing using a variation of two test conditions. GM, however, has conducted 48 evaluations and uses this research in developing future air bag systems.
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