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NHTSA Continues to Drag its Feet on Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
December 23, 2004
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Public Citizen submitted comments in mid-October regarding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposed rulemaking addressing TPMS. NHTSA's issuance of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) rather than a final rule, however, is only one more example [of] agency delay on this critical issue.
In 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned NHTSA's 2002 TPMS rule in a lawsuit brought by Public Citizen. The court found that the rule did not meet Congress' requirement that it protect consumers by indicating when any tire was significantly under-inflated. The court ordered the agency to develop a new rule.
NHTSA could have issued a revised final rule in a timely fashion, but the agency delayed and delayed, forcing Public Citizen to return to court to demand that it take action. Eventually, rather than issuing a new final rule, as NHTSA had stated was its intention, the agency issued another mere proposal, putting off any real action until a future date.
According to the agency's own calculations, 149 people die each year that the rule remains unimplemented.
IN-DEPTH:
Follow this link to read Public Citizen's comments to NHTSA's NPRM: http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf90/305595_web.pdf
Follow this link to read Public Citizen's press release on NHTSA's NPRM: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1787
Follow this link to read Public Citizen's press release on the suit Public Citizen filed against the Secretary of Transportation concerning TPMS: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1140
Source: Public Citizen
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