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What the government’s new rollover tests mean to you
Click here to read the full article. 03/21/05 |
CU joins in campaign to promote SUV safety CU is supporting the new SUV safety campaign launched Monday
morning by the State Attorney Generals. David Champion, CU's Auto Test
Division director, was a key speaker at the launch of the ESUVEE campaign January 31, 2005 at the Central Park Zoo. During the press
conference, the Attorney Generals revealed a large, woolly mammal that is an integral part of the safety campaign's print and TV advertisements. Read remarks by David Champion, CU Director of Automotive Testing. 01/31/05 |
| CU Argues for Better Fuel Efficiency for SUVs, Other Vehicles CU recommendations on reforming CAFE standards are guided by the following principles:
08/14/04 |
| Can Informed Consumers Force A Safer Marketplace? Meaningful Product Information is Key 05/13/03 |
| Consumer Information on Rollover Evaluations CU's views on the use of electronic stability control (ESC) in reducing rollover risks, with special emphasis on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Read full statement here. 04/22/02 |
| CU Applauds National Academy of Sciences Report. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports on vehicle rollover ratings and its acknowledgement of the role that dynamic tests should play in measuring vehicle stability. Read the full report. 02/21/02 |
| NAS/TRB Committee For The Study Of A Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating System: Comments On Consumer Information Issues Comments by R. David Pittle, Ph.D., CU Senior Vice-President & Technical Director regarding The Study Of A Motor Vehicle Rollover Rating System Read the full testimony here. 04/11/01 |
| SUV Safety Update The massive Firestone tire recall that started in August 2000 raised anew some safety issues regarding sport-utility vehicles. Read about news and developments here. 03/01/01 |
| CU Senate Committee Testimony On The Firestone Tire Recall And NHTSA's Proposed Consumer Information Program Rating SUV Stability CU Technical Director R. David Pittle's Testimony Before Congress On The Firestone Tire Recall And NHTSA's Proposed Consumer Information Program Rating SUV Stability. Read the full text of the testimony. 09/06/00 |
| SUV Rollover and Stability Control - A Consumer View A consumer view on the general topic of rollover and stability control based on 64 years of testing and evaluating consumer products and services, (from cars and washing machines to banking services, auto insurance, and life insurance) and from fielding thousands of questions and comments from our readers each year. Read the full text. 05/16/00 |
| Automobile Blind Spots and Backover Accidents (from ConsumerReports.org) Every year, children are injured and killed because drivers don’t see them while backing up. A contributing factor is that consumers continue to buy larger vehicles--minivans, pickups, and sport-utility vehicles--with larger blind spots. A blind spot is the area behind a vehicle that the driver can’t see. Read the full article. 12/27/03 |
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