Issues
Ford says safety kits for Crown Vic cruisers unproven
By Joel Stashenko, Associated Press, 3/11/2003 15:43
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Two fuel system safety devices being considered by the New York State Police for the 1,100 Crown Victoria Interceptors in its fleet have not been proven to work, a Ford Motor Co. executive said at a state Senate hearing Tuesday.
Neither a fuel tank bladder nor a fire suppression device have conclusively been shown as effective or feasible in testing Ford is conducting, said Susan Cischke, Ford vice president for environmental and safety engineering.
Ford Misleading on Safety of Police Cars, City Says
Automaker says fuel shields weren’t meant to prevent leakage
03/01/2003
By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas City Attorney Madeleine Johnson accused Ford Motor Co. on Friday of misleading the public into believing that installing protective shields around the Crown Victoria police car’s fuel tank would make it safer.
The Dallas Police Department has retrofitted more than 700 cars with the shields.
In the Debate on S.U.V.’s, There’s a New Casualty Count
March 2, 2003
By DANNY HAKIM
New York Times
DETROIT — What makes one automobile safer than another? This used to be a simple question. Regulators looked at collision data. If more people tended to die while riding in Vehicle X than in Vehicle Y, then Vehicle Y was safer. In the 1970’s, the government added crash testing to study how cars did in different kinds of collisions.
Sport Utility Vehicles Pose a Danger to All
Yes: Regulators must address rollovers, SUV mismatch in crashes with cars
The Detroit News
Sunday, March 2, 2003
By Ben Kelley
In the world of compassionate conservatism as defined by President George W. Bush, is there room for a regulator who is willing to attack the auto industry for deliberately making and selling unsafe cars?
Other safety measures in the works for Crown Victorias
Posted on Sat, Mar. 01, 2003
JOEL STASHENKO
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. – State Police officials are retrofitting safety devices on an allegedly fire-prone model of the Ford Crown Victoria, while Sen.
Ford Admits Crown Vic Failed Crash Test
Dallas Official Questions Why Ford Can Provides Safer Technology to Civilian‘Protection’ Car, but Not to Police
DALLAS, TX — Ford Motor Company officials have admitted in sworn testimony that a Crown Victoria police car equipped with new fuel tank safety shields actually flunked its own crash test.
Widow Tells Committee How Her Lawsuit Uncovered Seat Belt Defect
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WIDOW TELLS COMMITTEE HOW HER LAWSUIT
UNCOVERED SEAT BELT DEFECT, HELPS CONSUMERS
AUSTIN, TX – The widow of a man who died as the result of a defective seat belt came to Austin on Wednesday to urge lawmakers not to make it harder for citizens to file and win lawsuits that expose unsafe products.
Ford Settles with Families of Officers Burned to Death
Cruiser gas tanks caught fire after high-speed crash
By Carol Sowers
The Arizona Republic
May. 22, 2002
Ford Motor Co. has settled lawsuits filed by families of two Arizona law-enforcement officers who were burned alive after their Crown Victoria police cruisers burst into flames when they were struck from behind.
Crown Vic Safety Fears Expand to Car Buyers
Deadly police cruiser fires prompt Ford to quietly offer fuel tank repair kits to public
Automakers Agree to Voluntary Rules for S.U.V. Safety
New York Times
February 14, 2003
By DANNY HAKIM
DETROIT, Feb. 13 – The auto industry, acknowledging that
sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks pose serious
dangers to cars, has agreed for the first time to cooperate
in an effort to do something about it.