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AF Chief previously said:
No doubt. I wonder if they are scheduled to be mandatory yet...I know it is being pushed.
"It’s hard to nail the figure down precisely, but there’s little doubt the average 2007 model car or truck is carrying at least $2,500 in additional “up front” costs for recently-mandated safety equipment — as well as ever-higher “lifetime” costs (insurance premiums, repair and maintenance, etc.). Add side-impact/curtain air bags, back-up cameras, lane departure warning, intelligent cruise control and stability control to the equation and it’s probably low-balling it to say $4,000 per vehicle in government-mandated (or potentially soon-to-be-mandated) safety gear"
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I thought I read they will be standard equipment on next year's FJC.
Wow, that's a lot of money when you think about it.
