Word: nhtsa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week notified automakers that rear-seat side air bags pose a possible safety risk to children. The agency is concerned that such air bags can hurt or kill children who are sitting too close to them when they inflate. Even though no such injuries have been reported, the NHTSA suggests that the bags be deactivated when cars are shipped to dealers. Once there, dealers can turn air bags back on if the owners request...
Sources: U.S. Congress, NHTSA, U.S. DOE, Southern Poverty Law Center
Sources: Covington & Burling, Nat'l. Assn. of Barber Boards, White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Educ., NHTSA...
...proposal raised hackles among safety advocates and their traditional foes, the Big Three automakers in Detroit. "It's bad public policy," says Joan Claybrook, who led the NHTSA in the Carter Administration and now runs the watchdog group Public Citizen. "For the government to tell people it is O.K. to disconnect their air bags is a terrible idea that sends the wrong signal." Claybrook blames Washington and the car manufacturers for failing to instruct the public in basic matters such as never allowing small children to ride in front seats and wearing seat belts to make the air bags most...
...present dispute centers on whether the government properly tested the belts. According to NHTSA documents, when Chrysler duplicated the federal tests, the belts still failed. Chrysler contends the anchor system works properly when the testing equipment is placed closer to the seat. The automaker says the government standard does not specify how close to the seat the equipment should be placed. The two sides will conduct further tests to use in the court case. Szczesny reports that the government will also try to subpoena internal Chrysler documents to see what the company's engineers found as they prepared the cars...