Issues
Keyless car deaths devastate Palm Beach County as calls for action mount
By Charles Elmore – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Palm Beach County has emerged as by far the nation’s hardest-hit community for deaths linked to keyless vehicle ignition systems, accounting for five of 14 known U.S. fatalities since 2009.
One of Florida’s top elected officials says federal regulations expected this month “have been sitting idle for far too long.”
CAS Sues Transportation Secretary Foxx For Violating Safety Act Mandate to Post Dealer Technical Service Bulletins & Index on DOT Website
February 5, 2016
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CAS Sues Transportation Secretary Foxx For Violating Safety Act Mandate to Post Dealer Technical Service Bulletins & Index on DOT Website
NHTSA Seat Back Rulemaking History
PIRG FMVSS 202 & 207 Petition – 2/21/74
Termination of Rulemaking – 11/16/04
NHTSA Chief Counsel Womack on Seat Back Incidents – 10/25/01
Weak Oversight, Deadly Cars
By Clarence Ditlow and Ralph Nader
WHEN regulators sleep and auto companies place profits over safety, safety defects pile up. A record number of vehicles — more than 50 million — have been recalled this year, a result of congressional hearings and Justice Department prosecutions, which exposed a mass of deadly defects that the auto industry had concealed.
DOT, Automakers Agree on Proactive Safety Principles – 1/15/16
Click here to view the DOT Press Release/Blog – 1/15/16
Markey & Blumenthal Statement on Voluntary NHTSA-Automaker Safety Agreement – 1/15/16