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| Latin And Global New Car Assessment Programs Call For No Zero Star Cars FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – APRIL 12, 2016 |
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MEDIA ADVISORY Global car safety organizations, consumer advocate Ralph Nader to hold news conference and webcast to unveil latest car crash test results, urge automakers to eliminate Zero Star cars from the global market. WHAT The New Car Assessment Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP), Global New Car Assessment Program (Global NCAP) and El Poder del Consumidor (Consumer Power, Mexico) will host a news conference and webcast on April 14, 2016, in Washington, DC. Latin NCAP will unveil new crash test results of cars that are widely sold in Latin America. The findings will underscore a track record of double standards and the consistently low level of safety performance achieved by some car manufacturers in Latin America. Global NCAP will continue promoting its No Zero Star Cars Campaign, which urges automakers to eliminate Zero Star Cars from the global vehicle fleet. The news conference will take place the day before the UN General Assembly’s consideration of recommendations of the inter-governmental Brasilia Declaration, the strongest ever set of global commitments made to road and vehicle safety. WHEN Thursday, April 14 at 13:00 U.S. ET WHO RALPH NADER MARIA FERNANDA RODRIGUEZ ALEJANDRO FURAS DAVID WARD STEPHAN BRODZIAK WHERE National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge LIVE WEBCAST For news media not based in the Washington, DC area, this event will be simulcast live online at www.latinncap.com. Crash test footage, crash test still photographs, and press kit materials also will be available at this website. ABOUT LATIN NCAP The New Car Assessment Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP) offers consumers independent and transparent information about the safety levels that car models have in the market. Latin NCAP tests are based in international renowned methodologies, with vehicles awarded with a safety rating between 0 and 5 stars, indicating the protection the cars offer to adult and child occupants. www.latinncap.com ABOUT GLOBAL NCAP Global NCAP is an independent UK registered charity serving as the global platform for new car assessment programmes worldwide. Global NCAP has consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC), is a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. Global NCAP supports the UN Global Goals and Decade of Action for Road Safety. www.globalncap.org |
