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...House subcommittee hearing, Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin of Louisiana chastised the carmaker for submitting an affidavit implying that the suspect tires had initially been tested at the lowest recommended pressure on the Explorer, when they had been run only on a pickup truck, or mule, configured to mimic the SUV. Mules are often used in auto-industry tests, but that didn't mollify Tauzin. As if that weren't bad enough, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began a preliminary investigation into the possible failure of one or both of the Explorer's sway bar links, part of the front...
Rollover deaths account for roughly a quarter of the 40,000 annual car fatalities, and SUVS account for most of the recent increase. Critics think the whole category is flawed because of the vehicles' weight, narrow wheelbase and high center of gravity. Long aware of the SUV's shortcomings, the industry has been working on safety improvements. The 2002 Ford Explorer model will feature a slightly lower center of gravity and an optional computerized stability system. Both House and Senate committees are drafting bills that would give the government more authority to investigate defects and possibly to levy criminal penalties...
...them. For starters, his antics have made Lebed something of a hero in his hometown of Cedar Grove. "I'm proud of my son," quickly proclaimed his father Gregory Lebed, a railroad worker for Amtrak who drove up to his house last week in a forest-green Mercedes suv. Proud? Support you can understand. But mass fraud seems a strange accomplishment to crow about...
...claim for the support of the people is anything more than rhetoric, it can be a gutsy one. Because these people are not those suburban independent voters, whom the campaigns are wooing somewhere between the private school door, the movie theater, and the gas tank of the SUV. These people are more likely to be the ones pumping that gas, taking the ticket, or mopping the schoolroom floor...
...lowering oil prices, it will lower prices on all oil products, not just heating oil. This means that prices at the pump--which are justifiably high given the negative effects of smog and other environmental effects of auto pollution--will fall along with heating oil. This means that SUV and luxury car drivers--people who burn a lot of fuel for no good reason--will benefit as much as poor and middle-class families trying to heat their houses this winter...