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Deadly Driving: Safety Agency Puts Motorists at Risk

Number 19831
Subject Automobiles
Source Detroit News
State MI
Year 2002
Publication Date March 3-6, 2002
Summary In an eight-month investigation, The Detroit News examined the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and found "the federal agency created 35 years ago to make vehicles safer is failing consumers, leading to at least 3,100 deaths and 18,000 injuries each year." The agency also fails to find defects in cars and trucks and fails to force recalls for repairs.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 58
Keywords National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;federal agencies;NHTSA;auto safety;automobile recalls;vehicle defects;auto-safety issues
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