Congressional Update, Toyota Litigation Update - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 15:58 - 0 Comments

More On The Motor Vehicle Safety Act Of 2010

Senators introduced their version of broad automobile safety legislation in early May that would set new standards for stopping distance, push-button ignition systems, data recorders and electronic controls. It comes a week after House lawmakers unveiled their own auto safety measure as mentioned above.

This will be Congress’s first serious look at auto safety in a decade, when lawmakers passed reforms after accidents involving Firestone tires on the Ford Explorer. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia, who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senator Mark L. Pryor, Democrat of Arkansas, who heads the Senate subcommittee on consumer protection issues, introduced the Senate measure. Senator Rockefeller, in discussing the legislation, had this to say: Continue…