NHTSA rule puts the brakes on truck crashes

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The National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) has implemented a new rule that requires the makers of heavy commercial vehicles such as heavy trucks and buses to furnish such vehicles with antilock brake systems (ABS). The rule aims to decrease highway crashes by providing the safety measure to drivers. It is also advantageous to the drivers, the trucking industry and the public. NHTSA, in Mar. 1995, has also given a three-month grace period for vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds in gross vehicle weight, to be installed with ABS.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Trucks, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Engine electrical equipment, Other Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing, Buses, Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing, Electronic Braking Systems, Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Buses (Transportation), Car brakes, Antilock braking systems, Automotive control systems

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Time to tighten the safety belt

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The National Safety Belt Coalition reports that the level of safety awareness has risen among motorists and that they readily wear seat belts when they drive. The number of people who wear safety belts has increased to 67% due to driver education programs and law enforcement. All states have mandated that motorists wear safety belts through educational campaigns and checkpoints where police officers instruct drivers on the need to wear belts.

Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Highway Safety Programs, Traffic safety, Seat belts

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NHTSA maps out its route

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Administrator Jerry Ralph Curry of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) discusses the agency's efforts to improve transportation regulations and enhance traffic safety. A three-year priority plan focuses on the side-impact head regulation, safety-geared designs in automobiles and further training of older drivers. NHTSA's safety campaign hopes to get 70% of Americans to use seat belts by 1992.

Regulation, admin. of transportation, Interview, Curry, Jerry R.

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