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Contrary1

(12,629 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2013, 02:17 AM Apr 2013

"and all of my life just drained out of me into my feet and a puddle on the floor,"

WTF is wrong with our government? They don't spend this much time discussing who to wage war with or whose benefits should be cut.

While auto rule remains 'under review,' death toll grows

"Washington (CNN) -- Three years after that awful day -- the day a teenager accidentally backed his car over their little girl -- Michael and Brandy Dahlen have forgiven their young neighbor.

But they're having a tougher time coming to grips with the actions of the federal government.

The source of Dahlen's frustration: the government's failure to implement a law requiring back-up cameras on new motor vehicles. Enacted in 2008, the law had a 2011 deadline. It is now two years overdue.

Had the Department of Transportation acted quicker, Dahlen believes, there is a small chance his daughter would be still alive, and a near certainty many other children would have been saved from so-called "backover" accidents..."

More: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/politics/backover-accidents/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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"and all of my life just drained out of me into my feet and a puddle on the floor," (Original Post) Contrary1 Apr 2013 OP

Requiring anything of powerful industries, unfortunately, elleng Apr 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Soundman Apr 2013 #2

How do you like your pizza? 99Forever Apr 2013 #3

Why do you ask? Soundman Apr 2013 #4

No, you just come across as a can of gasoline demwing Apr 2013 #6

Not really. Soundman Apr 2013 #8

Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #5

Probably true, however. Soundman Apr 2013 #7

elleng

(131,006 posts)

1. Requiring anything of powerful industries, unfortunately,

Reply to Contrary1 (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 02:26 AM

Apr 2013

takes time in this country.

'NHTSA determined that the only technology available to comply with the mandate would be rear-mounted video cameras, with in-vehicle displays.

In December of 2010, NHTSA published a proposed rule and set out to meet a February 2011 deadline for enacting it. On-board cameras, NHTSA said at the time, could cut in half deaths and injuries due to backing crashes, at a cost of about $159 to $203 per vehicle, or about $1.9 billion to $2.7 billion a year for the nation's 16.6 million fleet of new vehicles. (The price has since fallen, advocates say.)

But the Department of Transportation twice extended the deadline, first to December of 2011, and again to February of 2012, a deadline it has missed. The DOT said the extensions were necessary because of the "large volume of public comments and the complexity of some of the issues." . .

Consumer advocates blame the auto industry for the delays.
"After all, you must remember, they (carmakers) were against seat belts, they were against airbags, they were against rollover protection technology and other safety measures," said Joan Claybrook, former NHTSA administrator and chair emeritus of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen."

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99Forever

(14,524 posts)

3. How do you like your pizza?

Reply to Soundman (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 07:58 AM

Apr 2013

Soundman

(297 posts)

4. Why do you ask?

Reply to 99Forever (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:22 AM

Apr 2013

Do you not believe people, especially parents should be vigilant to the extreme when it comes to the health and well being of our children? I do... Is my opinion some how in violation of tou?

I did some math, it will take over ten years for me to break 1k posts so I will forever be new to a certain small minded element.

However, rather than threatening me, why not explain why my post is wrong?

demwing

(16,916 posts)

6. No, you just come across as a can of gasoline

Reply to Soundman (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:29 AM

Apr 2013

itching to be tossed into the fire, and people love a spectacle.

BTW - welcome to DU!

Soundman

(297 posts)

8. Not really.

Reply to demwing (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:44 AM

Apr 2013

Sometimes things strike a nerve. I see so many of my fellow human beings dying from things that are so far beyond their control and understanding it just kills me a little every day. And when I see a post like this, it just sends me over the edge. A back up camera is not a substitute for sound parenting. Even the article (which I read) said there was only a SMALL chance that it may have helped.

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Soundman

(297 posts)

7. Probably true, however.

Reply to Post removed (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:33 AM

Apr 2013

I would rather be shown the error of my ways than to trade insults.

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