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Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation
Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation
Friday, May 16, 2014
Immediate Release: May 16, 2014 Click here to view the Consent Order Click here for the NHTSA Press Release Click here to view the NHTSA Timeliness Query David Clayton was driving 70 miles an hour in his Ram 1500 pickup truck last October when he learned the hard way that it had a serious safety problem. The rear axle locked up, causing him to nearly lose control before wrestling the truck to the side of the highway. Chrysler knew about the axle defect, and had ordered a recall of the pickup before Mr. Clayton bought it used last July from a dealer in Visalia, Calif. But the dealer never had the axle repaired — and was not required to do so under the law. “That could have killed me,” Mr. Clayton said. Click here to view the bulletin (Washington)- At today’s Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing “Surface Transportation Reauthoriza Many motorists have no idea that despite the best efforts of government, automobile manufacturers, and safety advocates, todays cars and trucks are now more dangerous than they used to be. Yes, they are designed to be safer but ironically, the cyber technology used to make them so is also the same technology that makes them more dangerous.
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