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Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- When Nicole Nason recently took over as chief of the powerful National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, her dad gave her two gifts.

The first was a motorcycle helmet that saved his skull -- and probably his life -- when he was thrown from the Harley he rode as a Long Island, N.Y., highway cop. The second was a photo of the bashed-in Pontiac Catalina he and Nason's mom walked away from without serious injuries after being hit by a drunken driver in 1979.

By RALPH VARTABEDIAN , Los Angeles Times

An urgent federal government warning solved one crisis for children in the mid-1990s, but laid the groundwork for another tragic problem a decade later.
After small children were killed by powerful air bags in the early 1990s, the federal government issued a recommendation put all babies in rear-facing carriers in the rear seat and put young children in the rear seat, as well.

Consumer study shows replacing an electronic key can cost a bundle

By Roland JonesBusiness editorMSNBC

Phil Nebe is a busy man. His mobile locksmith company, Autolox, has its work cut out for it helping drivers locked out of their cars in the Richmond, Va., area, such as the tourist passing through the Southern town one Saturday evening who managed to accidentally flush his car keys down a restaurant toilet.

Gallant charge
Military wife leads effort to strengthen state's 'lemon law'
Enid News & Eagle (Oklahoma) 3/7/2005
Wire and Staff reports

OKLAHOMA CITY With a soft-spoken manner and diminutive 3-year-old daughter on her hip, Angie Gallant is an unlikely advocate as she walks the halls of the state Capitol corralling lawmakers in a quest for reform.

WASHINGTON -- Auto safety groups said Friday a highway and transit bill approved by Congress would help deter drunken driving, encourage states to pass primary seat belt laws and lead to safer vehicles.

The safety provisions, part of a massive $286.4 billion transportation bill, offers an assortment of incentives and new requirements aimed at reducing crashes along the nation's highways at a time when more than 42,000 people are killed on the road every year.