SUV SAFETY
February 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
IN a letter to the United States government's top safety regulator, the auto industry's main lobbying group has acknowledged that Sport Utility Vehicles pose dangers to smaller vehicles and says the industry will enact voluntary standards to help increase safety. The letter, from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration' Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge comes on the heels of several studies which indicate that an increasing number of S.U.V.'s and pickup trucks has led to thousands of deaths over the last ...
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