SAFETY IN MOTORING
Bid By U.S. To Cut Road Toll (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright > WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The United States Transportation Department has called for 47 new safety standards for home and foreign-produced cars in a fresh move to cut America’s mounting road toll. Manufacturers will be asked for their views on the new measures, announced last night, which affect brakes, tyres, lights, windscreens, child protection and fuel tanks.
Eighteen of the proposals are planned to become effective on January 1, 1969, and the other 29 at a later date.
A previous set of safety standards proposed by the department raised a storm of protest from manufacturers — but most of them are being incorporated in 1968 cars. The proposals also demand “fail safe” reliability of headlight covers, movable headlights and similar devices and identification numbers on cars for quick identification.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31500, 14 October 1967, Page 13
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