H.R. 5164: Transportation Recall Enhancement Bill
The Bill in reaction to the Firestone debacle is the "Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act (Introduced in the House), or HR 5164 IH. If you want to read it see the first link below.
The second link is the mark-ups to date.
The third link is so you may write your local legislators and ask why a TPM technology for sale by TRW for several years now, that might have prevented some of the current tragedies, has not been included in the dashboard instrument cluster by the major OEM auto manufacturers? It's incredulous to think that OEM's are including phones, GPS systems, On-Star, Videos, Heads-up-displays, Night Vision etc. while omitting this basic safety item!!
1) thomas.loc.gov
2) com-notes.house.gov f4/b0070c26952524bf852569610061ac22?OpenDocument
3)http://www.safetyforum.com/emaillinks.html
HR 5164 is being developed by the House Committee on Commerce's subcommittee, "The Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, & Consumer Protection" headed by the now familiar W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, Chairman.(LA)
Members of the Subcommittee include:
Michael G. Oxley, Ohio
Cliff Stearns, Florida
Paul E. Gillmor, Ohio
Christopher Cox, California
Nathan Deal, Georgia
Steve Largent, Oklahoma
Barbara Cubin, Wyoming
James E. Rogan, California
John Shimkus, Illinois
Heather Wilson, New Mexico
Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Mississippi
Vito Fossella, New York
Roy Blunt, Missouri
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Maryland
Tom Bliley, Virginia
Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts
Rick Boucher, Virginia
Bart Gordon, Tennessee
Bobby L. Rush, Illinois
Anna G. Eshoo, California
Eliot L. Engel, New York
Albert R. Wynn, Maryland
Bill Luther, Minnesota
Ron Klink, Pennsylvania
Thomas C. Sawyer, Ohio
Gene Green, Texas
Karen McCarthy, Missouri
John D. Dingell, Michigan
If you are a shareholder in any of these states TAKE A MOMENT TO WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!! PLEASE!! Include the TRW site as evidence that the technology has been available for a while now.
Later...Klingerg
LINKS: house.gov |
