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...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says about half of parents with pickup trucks, the vehicles that have air-bag cutoff switches, still don't use the switches as intended--to shut off the air bags and thus protect front-seat kids. Citing the "widespread misuse" of the switches, NHTSA recommended automakers develop air bags that can turn off automatically when a child is riding up front...
...John Greenwald:Congress has oversight over the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Billy Tauzin wants to ascertain whether the NHTSA has been doing all it can to ensure the safety of the vehicles Americans are driving, including the Ford Explorer. And, of course, both Ford and Firestone blame the other for the vehicles' safety problems - and the some 200 deaths that have been linked to the cars. So this inquiry raises serious questions about both corporate accountability and national safety standards...
...think people feel okay about buying Explorers, although the NHTSA is now deliberating whether to do a separate inquiry into Ford's safety standards...
...last year, NHTSA had launched an investigation into the rising number of tire failures--and Ford and Firestone were feuding. The automaker accused Firestone of withholding data that Ford said it needed to determine which tires were problematic...
...last year, NHTSA had launched an investigation into the rising number of tire failures-and Ford and Firestone were feuding. The automaker accused Firestone of withholding data that Ford said it needed to determine which tires were problematic...