Another reason to drive an air-cooled 911.
NHTSA shifts focus to initiatives with greatest potential to save lives, prevent serious injuries
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101366
WASHINGTON -- As many as 5,000 Americans are scalded each year when they remove vehicle radiator caps while engines are hot..............But after 12 years of study, federal regulators have dropped their plan for a new rule that would require automakers to equip cars and trucks with safer radiator caps...................... NHTSA officials say the number of scald injuries from radiator caps is far lower today than it was when the agency began considering a rule in the early 1990s. Automakers have improved designs to reduce the risk that hot coolant will spray motorists when they remove radiator caps, agency officials note.