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Show Faulty Brakes Causing Accidents Following the deaths of 12 persons in Utah, possibly related to a faulty government-ordered braking system on trucks, Congressman Dan Marriott this week called for moratorium on the use of those systems. In doing so, Marriott levelled a verbal attack on the National Highway High-way Traffic Safety Administration Ad-ministration (NHTSA) for requiring the computerized systems before they were fully tested. "It is inexcusable that a government agency would mandate the use of a potentially hazardous product' without" Working out all the bugs," said Marriott. "Twelve lives have been lost in Utah alone and thousands more remain in danger as long as these new brakes are being used. They should be pulled off the .trucks immediately im-mediately and either reworked or thrown away. We can't allow this to continue con-tinue unchecked," he said. Marriott said he has drafted a petition for the NHTSA and is now seeking signatures of his colleagues in Congress. He hopes to send the petition to the agency early next week. "If the agency won't act on its own after our prompting, which is the quickest way, then we'll ask for Congressional action to prohibit ' the use of the braking systems until changes are made," he said. |