In Mexico, we sell cars that do not sell in other countries, a paradise of dangerous cars?

According to a report from the Spanish newspaper El País, the Ford Figo utility sold in the country only has frontal airbags as part of its basic safety program. In most European countries, the same car has a slightly lower price and has, with airbags, front and side, ABS brakes and electronic stability control.

Similarly, this same factor occurs with other different cars assemblers in its most basic versions, the Peugeot 208, which only goes up to Mexico and Brazil as frontal airbags and airbags. ABS brakes, but that does not have a side bag if it is sold on the old continent.

The safety standard of vehicles manufactured for the country, unlike advanced countries, is commonplace in the second largest sales market in Latin America, to the point that six of the top 10 most sold models in Mexico they could not , in their most economical version, be marketed in first-rate countries, according to the evaluation program of new vehicles in the region, Latin NCAP.

Treat To finish with this dual criterion of measurement models marketed inside and outside Mexico, Latin NCAP, in collaboration with the civil society organization El Poder del Consumidor , asks the 18 largest manufacturers to engage with an ethical code so that vehicles that are sold in the country offer the same level of security that is offered in other latitudes.

This means that equal treatment is required for consumers no matter where they live. Road safety in Mexico is not considered a major problem, report the media, in the country each year, more than 10,000 people lose their lives in road accidents and more than 100,000 suffer injuries in varying degrees.

to this reality, other factors need to be added, such as chocolate cars that cross the US border without complying with security requirements; as well as the high age of the Mexican vehicle fleet, a factor that several specialists associate directly with the mortality rate on the highway.
Mexican regulations postpone until 2022 the very basic safety requirements of new cars, like ABS even after that date, legislation will not require that cars left behind Factory have electronic stability control system.

The minimum requirements for the Mexican market are lower than those of other mainland countries such as Brazil and Argentina; However, the requirement of such measures is also an aspect that the consumer as such should ask, as these aspects can save lives.

Although in Mexico, new vehicle purchase data declined, this was generated by macroeconomic indicators and not as a refusal of people to buy units with standards quality below the international average.

That is why in the choice of a vehicle, beyond a credit or connectivity aspect, this type of measures must be taken into account in order to have greater safety when driving in the vehicle.