June 21, 2006 Nicole Nason Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 400 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20597 RE: Recalled Firestone ATX and Wilderness Tires Dear Ms. Nason: We are writing to request NHTSA initiate a Recall Query to examine the Firestone ATX and Wilderness tire recalls and owner notification program (ONP) undertaken by Bridgestone-Firestone [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V3, Issue 3, May / June 2006 Washington, D.C. – A new University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute study confirms the results of earlier studies worldwide: Electronic Stability Control is remarkably effective in preventing single vehicle crashes-especially SUV rollovers. Paul E. Green and John Woodrooffe presented their findings at the [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V3, Issue 3, May / June 2006 Washington, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has again denied a petition from safety advocates requesting that the agency require automakers to install an auto-reverse function in their power windows, but has implemented a provision in the latest highway safety bill [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V3 Issue 3, May/June 2006 Washington, D.C. – A U.S. District Court judge has kicked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration final rule on the confidentiality of records submitted under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act back to the agency. On March 31, Judge Robert Leon found [...]

The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) presented NHTSA with the results of a scrap tire survey claiming that the results show chronological age doesn’t determine tire service life. The association presented the data at the recent government – industry meeting in an attempt to address the continual questions about tire service life and the necessity of [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V. 3 Issue 3, May / June 2006 Did Cooper Tire knowingly hire a felon convicted of insurance fraud charges to spirit away physical evidence of failed tires before police investigators or plaintiffs’ attorney could collect or analyze then? And where is a key piece of evidence in a 2001 [...]