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Content | Vol.5,No.16 INSURANCEINSTITUTE forHighwaySafety September15,1970 DOTSHIFTINGGROUNDON PASSIVERESTRAINT RULE TheDepartmentofTransportationhasshiftedgroundindrawingupitsfinalpassive restraintrule. Aswitchinemphasisawayfromexclusiverelianceonairbagsbecameevident lastweekwhenDOT sNationalMotorVehicleSafetyAdvisoryCouncilmetinWashington todiscussNHSB scurrentpassiverestraintrulemakingactivity. ShortlybeforethemeetingNHSBDirectorDougTomswrotetheAdvisoryCouncil s chairman,NewYorkStateSen.EdwardJ.Speno,tourgethattheCouncildiscusspassive restraintrulemaking.HetoldSpenotheBureauwantsto makethepublicunderstand better thatanyforthcomingNHSBpassiverestraintrulewillallowa widerangeofsys- terns -notonlythe airbag butalsootherwaysofprovidingoccupantprotectionin crashesupto30milesperhour.Among otherways helisted improvedinteriorsand energyabsorbingstructures,so-called safetyblankets andeven passive safetybelts. r-INSIDE-. • • • • HartBillWouldRateCarPer- formance.Page3 NoBetterBumpersWithout BetterLaws.Page4 FordRecallStirsQuestions onNon-policecars.Page6 NTSB sReedDiscussesIssues andResources.•;Page8 DuringthemeetingBureauofficials insistedthattherulecouldbemetbyimproved windshields,steeringcolumnsandpadding. However,theyrefusedtodiscusswhatchanges werebeingmadeintheproposedruletoenable this. (Beforethemeeting,itwaslea.rnedthat DOTUnderSecretaryJamesM.Beggscircu- latedamemoranduminstructingDOTpersonnel againstpubliclydiscussingorleakinginforma- tionaboutthepassiverestraintrulemakingcase untiltheruleisissued.AStatusReportrequest toseethememorandumwasdenied.) DOTProbesNader sCharges AgainstCorvair.Page9• •EditorialPage11 WhenCouncilmembersaskedwhat changestheBureauwasconsideringforthepro- posedstandard,Bureaustaffofficialsdeclined todetailthem.OnetoldtheCouncilthatthe Bureauhasreceived informationfromthe (auto)industry,verydetaileddiscussionswith the:rp. suggestingthat atleastfor30mile TheInsuranceInstituteforHighwaySafetyisanindependent,nonprofit,scientificandeducationalorganization.Itisdedicatedtoreducing thelosses-deathsiniuriesandorooertvdamaqe-resultingfromcrashesonthenation shIghways.TheInstituteissupportedbytheAmerican |
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