Issues

Shutdown would force NHTSA to stop vehicle investigations – 9/30/13

October 1, 2013

by David Shepardson

After blind-spot deaths, groups sue to require rear-view cameras in new cars (VIDEO) – 9/25/13

September 25, 2013

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Gulbransen v DOT, Mandamus Petition, 9-25-13

September 25, 2013

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Rear View Cameras Need to Be Acted On, Dr. Greg Culbransen, 9-25-13

September 25, 2013

Greg Gulbransen is a pediatrician in New York.

Five years after my son Cameron died in a car crash, Congress passed a law, named after my boy, to ensure that such a tragedy never happened again. But five more years have passed, and the safety fix that Congress ordered completed by 2011 has been needlessly delayed. I’m suing the Obama administration to compel it to do what Congress directed.

“Stopping Rollovers: The Dual-Wheel Solution for 15-Passenger Vans,” Public  Citizen Nov. 2002

September 19, 2013

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Canadian Van Angels

September 19, 2013

Van Angels is a Canadian advocacy group which has campaigned to educate the public, change regulations and ban the use of 15-passenger vans for all student and small group transport for over 5 years.  The Van Angels are a group of mothers who lost sons in two separate 15-passenger van accidents and have dedicated their independent website to honour their beautiful Boys and to save other lives. 

Stella Gurr, one of the founders who lost her son Michael in a 15-passenger Ford van rollover explains:

Electronic Crash, Defect and Causation Analyses

September 17, 2013

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2 bills to toughen limo rules go to governor – 9/15/13

September 16, 2013

Four months after a limousine fire on the San Mateo Bridge killed a bride and four other women, a pair of bil

Corbett Limo Safety Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

September 13, 2013

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Sergio Reyes September 12, 2013 (916) 651-4010 Tragic Deaths on San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Impetus for SB 109 SACRAMENTO – Legislation authored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) increasing the number of required exit points in the passenger compartments of limousines passed from the Legislature today with…

Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition Puts Map Data in the Spotlight

September 9, 2013

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