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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

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While scrappage schemes have the potential to deliver on objectives such as reducing pollutant emissions, these have not done so as well. as they could, precisely because of their design characteristics. The safety impact analysis was prepared by the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research. Earlier post.).

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Global NCAP calls for universal application of minimum vehicle safety standards in all world markets by 2020

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Global NCAP receives financial support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the FIA Foundation, from International Consumer Testing and Research and from the Road Safety Fund. of course, not all of the necessary progress will come from safer cars.

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