It looks like we’ll have to wait until October for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new vehicle roof crush standard, after rumors of a delay have proven true.
Consumer Affairs reports this afternoon that the Department of Transportation informed Congress of the delay with hours to spare before the deadline.
Of course, a delay doesn’t signify [...]
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Remember earlier this month when Public Citizen and other consumer advocates trekked to the Hill to tell a Senate committee that the National Highway Safety Administration’s proposed roof crush standard is woefully inadequate?
Now, reports have emerged stating NHTSA might not even make its July 1 deadline for submitting the proposal. The Detroit News, Automotive World [...]
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Photo by Frank Rogers
David Garcia (top) was 29 when he was in a rollover crash that left him a quadriplegic. On Wednesday, he spoke before a U.S. Senate committee to urge Congress to come up with a stronger roof crush standard for vehicles. A new standard proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is [...]
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This week, lobbyists from the trucking and shipping industries are making the rounds at the Capitol, pushing their agenda to put longer and heavier trucks on the road. Fortunately, some of the more enlightened members of Congress such as Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Claire McCaskill and Rep. James McGovern are having none of it. There’s [...]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t seem to understand what Congress meant when it directed the agency to develop a new standard for vehicle roofs that would help reduce the thousands of deaths each year from rollover crashes. The standard it has proposed is so inadequate, it might as well have been written by [...]
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It’s the March/April edition of Public Citizine, an online sampling of articles from Public Citizen’s member newspaper, Public Citizen News. This edition covers the dangers of Botox; the need for a national database to allow consumers to check the validity of a vehicle’s title, mileage and history of theft or damage; and more. Check it out!
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Posted in Auto Safety on March 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The study released today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety adds to the mountain of evidence that the federal government is not doing enough to protect the public from deadly rollover crashes. The Institute’s study exposes the junk science that the auto industry has been circulating for years.
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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its full notice denying California a waiver under the Clean Air Act to set greenhouse gas emissions standards for motor vehicles. This decision flies in the face of recommendations made to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson by his own staff. The EPA’s notice defies logic.
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Posted in Auto Safety, Congress, Trade on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Teamsters Union brought about 500 members to the federal courthouse steps in San Francisco yesterday. Inside, the appeals court was hearing arguments in a lawsuit brought by Public Citizen, the Teamsters and other groups against the Bush administration’s pilot program for NAFTA trucks. Plenty of fodder on the blogosphere, including a new Public Citizen [...]
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Posted in Auto Safety, Trade on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What do a bunch of teamsters, environmental activists and Public Citizen all have in common? They think that the Bush administration’s reckless decision to expand its NAFTA “pilot program” for Mexico-based trucks puts all American motorists at risk.
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