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Harley-Davidson Shipping Expands Riding Opportunities for Motorcycle Owners
Harley-Davidson Motor Company announces a new motorcycle shipping service designed specifically with riders in mind. Read More »
General Motors Displays Limitless Creativity With Concept: GMC PAD Wins Design Los Angeles Vehicle Design Challenge
GMC hoists the trophy for the 2006 Design Los Angeles Design Challenge with the rendering of its GMC PAD. The General Motors West Coast Advanced Design Studio team created the design judges proclaimed a "LAV," Living Activity Vehicle. Read More »
Mercury Mariner Hybrid Captures First ‘Green Car of the Year’ Honors
The Mercury Mariner Hybrid -- the first full-hybrid premium compact SUV -- is now the first vehicle to be honored by Green Car Journal as "Green Car of the Year." Read More »
Car Buyers Beware!
On November 21, 2005, Public Citizen submitted comments on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) proposed rulemaking on roof crush resistance asserting that the proposed roof crush rules are so grossly inadequate that 70 percent of existing vehicles will already meet them. Read More »
Former NHTSA Official Opposes Proposed Roof Crush Rule
Public Citizen is not alone in criticizing NHTSA's proposed roof crush rule. Kennerly Digges, a crashworthiness engineer and a former NHTSA official, has submitted comments condemning the proposal. Read More »
Public Citizen and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Seek Public Access To “Smoking Gun” Documents
On December 1, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), representing Public Citizen, filed a legal challenge to a Florida court order sealing crucial exhibits from a rollover case decided last spring over fatal injuries caused by the popular Ford Explorer SUV. Read More »
Weakened Hours Of Service Rule Puts Truck Drivers And Passenger Vehicle Occupants In Danger
On October 1, 2005, a revised but still dangerous trucking hours-of-service rule went into effect, placing in harm's way truck drivers and passenger vehicle occupants on the highways. Read More »
Victories In The Transportation Funding Bill (H.R. 3058)
There were numerous safety victories when Congress passed the transportation funding bill for 2006, and the bill includes funding levels for NHTSA's rulemaking program that surpass the Administration's request. Read More »
Appeals Court Excoriates FMCSA For Inadequate Truck And Bus Driver Training Rule
A federal rule establishing training requirements for truck and bus drivers is "so at odds" with safety information assembled by the government that it should be thrown out and redone, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on December 2, 2005. Read More »
