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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stories: 2 news summaries

Senate Backs
Product Safety Crackdown

Sweeping changes in consumer laws

Mar 7, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate has passed a tough new product safety measure covering toys, household appliances and thousands of other products. It would ban lead in toys, increase civil penalties for hazardous products tenfold, enable more state regulation and create a database of dangerous items on the market. It also sets up... More »

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Congress • FDA • product recall • product safety • database • whistleblowers • lead paint • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration • toy safety • National Association of Manufacturers • Chinese imports

Are Car Roofs Tough Enough?

US regulators consider stricter strength-to-weight standard

Mar 3, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Three-quarters of vehicles on the road today would fail a proposed tougher standard for automobile roof strength, reports the Wall Street Journal. The current standard, unchanged since 1973, requires that car roofs withstand a force equivalent to 1.5 times the vehicle’s weight, but it exempts those more than... More »

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car crash • auto industry • car safety • SUVs • car roof strength • rollover • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration • roof crush • cars

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