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• Just Can't Wait To Get Off The Record Again: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, ...

  Published: August 23, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Background, Department Of Transportation, Journalism, Just Can T Wait To Get Off The Record Again, Nhtsa

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, while not really protecting us from collapsing bridges so much, is keeping us safe from the danger of on-the-record quotes from non-political appointees. [NYT]

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• Tesla Roadster gets out of air bag requirement for green behavior

  Published: January 29, 2008, 8:25 am

  Tags: Air Bags, Airbags, Nhtsa, Tesla, Tesla Roadster, Teslaroadster

  to advanced air bags by the NHTSA, since the "public interest is served by encouraging the development of fuel-efficient and alternative-fueled vehicles." Standard air bags are still included, and Tesla apparently tried to comply with the advanced requirement, but told the NHTSA that it's in the hole financially, and would have to cancel the

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• Tesla sets the record straight: Roadster has airbags, okay?

  Published: March 1, 2008, 9:49 am

  Tags: Airbags, Nhtsa, Roadster, Tesla, Tesla Roadster, Teslaroadster

  Filed under: Transportation Tesla VP of Sales, Marketing, and Service, Darryl Siry, set the record straight on the whole airbag wavier thing: in case it wasn't already clear, the Roadster does indeed have driver and passenger airbags. The waiver was regarding the fact that currently "front passenger airbag does not vary its deployment based on

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• NHTSA to Implement Female Crash Test Dummies for Improved Safety Testing

  Published: July 11, 2008, 2:34 am

  Tags: Cars, Ask, Askpatty, Askpatty Com, Female Crash Test Dummies, Female Friendly Automotive Advic, Improved Safety Testing, Measure Frontal Crash Tests, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Nhtsa, U S Department Of Transportation, Vehicle Safety Ratings

  Safety Administration (NHTSA) will measure frontal crash tests by including female dummies in passenger seats and taking injury data from new parts of the body, including the legs and neck. The female dummies, making their debut in the safety rating program after years of being used in basic compliance testing, are 4 feet 8 inches tall and

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