Tire Safety
| Tire Safety: Start With the Consumer CU may well be the only independent organization that regularly conducts unbiased tests of passenger car and light truck tires in the United States. CU has published numerous test reports during the last 67 years, with yearly test reports on tires since 1992. Read full text of speech here. 02/27/03 |
| Comments on NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards on Tires The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in response to the mandate issued by Congress in the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act of 2000 (TREAD Act) for a new tire standard to replace FMVSS 109 (passenger car tires) and FMVSS 119 (portions related to light duty light truck tires only). Read the full text of the comments here. 06/05/02 |
| Comments on Reporting of Information and Documents about Retention of Records that could Indicate Defects comments While we are optimistic about the usefulness of these data to warn of early safety problems and defects, we are mindful of the concerns expressed in the January 3, 2002 report of the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General reviewing NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations (ODI) systems and procedures. Download the full pdf file (70k) 02/13/02 |
| Comments Regarding Reimbursement Prior to Tire Recall Public Citizen, Consumers Union, Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Federation of America submitted these comments for the record on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposed rule reimbursing owners for the cost of a remedy incurred in advance of a manufacturer's recall. We had a special interest in this regulation because of our work in 2000 to secure passage of the Transportation, Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act, which included the mandate for this rulemaking. Read the full text of the comments here. 02/11/02 |
| Firestone Tire Victims Lobby for Open Information Legislation Victims of Firestone tire-related tragedies and Texas consumer groups asked Texas lawmakers today to pass legislation aimed at preventing companies from selling products they know to be dangerously defective. 03/21/01 |
| Comments To NHTSA On Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Tire Identification And Consumer Information Regulations Consumers Union comments on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on consumer information in tire identification and recordkeeping. Read the full text of the comments here. 01/30/01 |
| Toughen Up Auto Safety Op-Ed in USA Today by R. David Pittle, Ph.D., CU Sr. Vice President, Technical Policy 10/03/00 |
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