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Your New Car May Soon Cost $9 More So NHTSA Can Do Its Job

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Old 04-30-2010 | 12:40 PM
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Remember back to last fall, when the whole Toyota recall mess started to unfold? And do you recall that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration horrified many observers, us included, by saying it had no software or electrical engineers on staff? Well, our elected officials took note. Yesterday, in the wake of the Toyota incidents, bills...

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Old 04-30-2010 | 11:39 PM
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And we have Ford and firestone to thank for mandatory tire pressure sensors we now have. New rims for the Jetta cost a extra 180 just because of the sensors
 
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