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Help NHTSA turn car safety around: Our view
Federal watchdog now has the will and the leader needed for change. Congress needs to deliver the way.
When the nation’s car safety watchdog fails to do its job, people are killed and maimed.
Among the most recent casualties: Kylan Langlinais, of Lafayette, La. The 22-year-old died in April after her 2005 Honda Civic hit a utility pole and its Takata air bag ruptured, spewing shrapnel into the cabin, according to a lawsuit filed by her parents.
49 CFR Part 579 – Reporting of Information and Communications about Potential Defects
Title 49: Transportation
NHTSA Compendium for Early Warning Reporting for Manufacturers of Motor Vehicles Having an Annual Production of 500 or More Vehicles
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Fiat Chrysler answers criticism surrounding handling of recalls
Federal auto safety regulators demanded answers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) about its handling of 20 recalls, including one tied to gas tank fires in certain older model Jeep vehicles, and on Monday, FCA delivered.
Hand delivered, to be precise, detailed responses on its recall performance amid allegations that the automaker has been too slow in making repairs.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Federal Role in Highway Safety
President Dwight D.
Key Bipartisan, Bicameral Auto Consumer Protection Legislation Introduced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2015
Contact:
Neal Patel/Michawn Rich (Heller) 202-224-6244
Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742
Tom Borck (Rokita) 202-225-5037
Nicole Lā€™Esperance (Blumenauer) 202-225-4811
Key Bipartisan, Bicameral Auto Consumer Protection Legislation Introduced
U.S. Senators Heller and Markey Team with U.S. Reps. Rokita and Blumenauer to Introduce Bill on Both Sides of Hill
$663 Million in Penalties for Maker of Guardrail
By AARON M. KESSLER and DANIELLE IVORY
JUNE 9, 2015
A Texas federal judge handed down a $663 million judgment Tuesday against Trinity Industries, the guardrail maker accused of producing a faulty product that can jam and spear through vehicles.
The judgment stems from the trial held last year in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by Josh Harman, a competitor who discovered in 2011 that Trinity had made a critical change to the dimensions of its ET-Plus guardrail in 2005, but failed to tell federal regulators as required by law.