 New Safety Measures to be Introduced in 2002 Wednesday October 3rd, 2001 Formula One's safety will be improved in 2002 with the introduction of new regulations by the sport's ruling body, the FIA. Following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Cologne on Wednesday, the FIA announced that the changes will come into play from January 1 2002. Wheel tether strength is to be increased by 20 percent, a measure aimed at preventing a recurrence of the Melbourne incident when a wheel was ripped off in an accident involving Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher. The cars' rear impact absorbing structure will be subjected to side load tests, rear view mirrors will become 20 percent bigger and rear lights 50 percent larger. The FIA also said any system on a car capable of detecting the race start signal would be outlawed, along with electronically-controlled power steering, a system currently used by most Formula One teams.
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