Transport Canada has acknowledged that the safety benefits of its 8 km/h bumper regulations, which is a higher speed than allowed by the United States or Europe, does not justify the cost. Transport Canada will be looking to make various changes as early as this summer.

The change would be to move the standards closer to the 4 km/h U.S. standard mandate, because the current system makes it more expensive for automakers to sell cars here and also delays or limits the import of some vehicles.

According to the Canadian there is ample evidence that aligning the Canadian bumper test speed with that of the U.S. National Highway Transportation Administration standards would not make Canadian cars less safe.

[Source: The Globe and Mail]