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CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 330 Washington, DC 20009-1160 (202) 328-7700
April 10, 2002
Docket Management
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Washington DC 20590
Re: DOT Docket No. NHTSA 2001-10774; 67 FR 10873 (Mar. 11, 2002)
The Police Car of Choice has a Deadly Record
Jason Schechterle, a Phoenix officer who was severely burned when his Crown Victoria police car was hit, says Ford must make the car safer. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune)
By Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune
Officer Christopher Witte is not happy. It's his first traffic stop of the night, and he just got a flat tire on a busy stretch of the busiest interstate in Utah.
Retired Police Cruisers Thriving in Appalachia Despite Safety Concerns
Aug. 04, 2003
ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press
SALYERSVILLE, Ky.
Who Pays the Bill? Appendix A
LITERATURE REVIEW OF BURN INCIDENCE AND TREATMENT
Before World War II, those who survived fires and other burn incidents with major injuries received virtually no care before reaching a hospital. If they reached the hospital alive, they would receive largely palliative care.
Who Pays the Bill?
INTRODUCTION
Motor vehicle injuries are a major public health problem. Vehicle crashes affect both the individual crash victims and society as a whole in numerous ways. The cost of medical care is borne by the individual through payments for uninsured expenses, by society through higher insurance premiums and through the diversion of medical resources away from other needs, such as disease control or medical research.
Safety Firebrand Refuses to Relent
Fired employee battles Chrysler in courtroom
DETROIT — Paul Sheridan sifted through the pile of police reports, depositions and legal briefs, and stopped at the autopsy photographs of Nancy Lou Whitt.
He had seen dozens of autopsies in more than 100 product-liability lawsuits. But the Whitt case shocked him.
Ford Device Fails Crash Tests
It could worsen police car fuel leaks, officials say
July 16, 2003
BY JOCELYN PARKER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
A device Ford Motor Co.
GM Praises Sales Success of Fuel Efficient Models
Between 1975 and 1978, GM increased its passenger car fuel economy by 26% from 15.2 to 19.2 mpg. In 1977, GM bounded ahead of Ford and Chrysler by more than 1 mpg by taking a 1,000 pounds of excess weight out of its largest cars. Not only were GM's new models a fuel economy success, they were a sales success as well. In December 1978 when the 1979 models were on sale, GM Chairman Thomas A Murphy said:
Each wave of new more fuel-efficient GM products has met with outstanding success in the competitive marketplace.
Limit Unsafe Police Cruisers
Poughkeepsie Journal
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
Across the country, police officers are still dying in Ford Crown Victorias. The New York State Police and local departments ought to avoid using these cars for non-emergency stops on high-speed highways. That’s the suggestion of the state troopers’ Police Benevolent Association, and it’s a reasonable one. It ought to be adopted by the state police, as well as municipal and county police.
Dealers Caught in Warranty War
Insurer’s problems force tough choices
By Donna Harris
Automotive News / June 30, 2003
Five thousand dealers who sold service contracts under the financially troubled Smart Choice program may have to choose between two evils – pay off hefty repair claims themselves, or tell angry customers to slug it out with insurers.
Either way, some dealers could lose.