U.S., EU Vehicles Do Not Achieve Equivalent Levels Of Safety, Study Finds

United States and European Union-regulated automobiles do not achieve equivalent levels of passenger safety, a year-long study by U.S. and EU independent research institutes has found, dealing a blow to an auto industry effort to build the case for mutual recognition of each side's rules through bilateral trade talks. The study, which was finalized in May and publicly released this week, found that the risk is lower for EU-regulated vehicles in front and side crashes regardless of whether they are...