{"id":1272,"date":"2010-06-08T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2010-06-08T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:05:32","slug":"iihs-lsv-crash-testing-attracts-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/08\/iihs-lsv-crash-testing-attracts-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"IIHS LSV Crash Testing Attracts Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago I posted a <a title=\"IIHS LSV Crash Tests\" href=\"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/20\/insurance-institute-wants-to-restrict-lsvs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">story<\/a> about IIHS crash testing of LSVs and their?? belief that the vehicles shouldn&#8217;t be used on public roads.?? Since then I&#8217;ve noticed that IIHS has been very successful in getting their of point view out in traditional media and blogs.???? Weeks later and the story is still being picked up various media outlets.?? It is too early to tell if the extensive coverage of these crash tests will lead to any restrictions on the use of LSVs on public roads.<\/p>\n<p>However, I believe the course of events highlights an issue in the LSV industry.?? There is no &#8220;voice of the industry&#8221; that can forcefully and effectively articulate a point of view about issues that matter to the industry.?? In part, this is because of the relatively small size and young age of the industry.?? In addition, for many manufacturers LSVs are a relatively new and small addition to other established lines of business that produce the bulk of their profits.?? That being said, LSV manufacturers should start thinking about establishing a manufacturers association or similar body to promote LSVs and respond to industry threats.?? Instead of having the focus be crash tests, the industry needs to be in the public forum advocating greater integration of LSVs into the overall transportation system that could create a safer environment for all concerned. &#8211; <em>Marc Cesare<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago I posted a story about IIHS crash testing of LSVs and their?? belief that the vehicles shouldn&#8217;t be used on public roads.?? Since then I&#8217;ve noticed that IIHS has been very successful in getting their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/08\/iihs-lsv-crash-testing-attracts-attention\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}