Government Motors – I mean – General Motors is doubling down on 363. That’s the magical section of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy code that allows filers to keep the good stuff and discard all the ick – one of the key pieces being liability for harm caused by defective products.

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V5, I6; Nov/Dec. 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Designated Seating Position Final Rule has produced confusion around its measuring procedures and provoked controversy for its preemption clause and lack of statistical foundation as the Bush Administration tries to stampede another regulation to completion.

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V5, I5 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three years after proposing to close the flagrant loopholes in the Designated Seating Position rule, NHTSA has published a Final Rule that tweaks its initial proposal, but fails to address its core weakness – the lack of underlying data to support the change. The Final [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The chairman of the Senate Consumer Affairs, Insurance and Automotive sub-committee has urged the Secretary of Transportation to extend the July 1 deadline for a final roof crush rule and to drop the pre-emption clause from the regulation.