[Download] "Chrysler Corp. V. Department Of Transportation" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Chrysler Corp. V. Department Of Transportation
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 05, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 109 KB
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The petitioners, major domestic and foreign manufacturers of automobiles, have petitioned this Court for a review of an order of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, adopted pursuant to the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1461, entitled "Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #208, Occupant Crash Protection in Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks and Buses." The Automobile Safety Act of 1966 was enacted as a response to the alarming number of deaths and injuries resulting from automobile accidents.*fn1 Its expressed purpose is ". . . to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries to persons resulting from traffic accidents." 15 U.S.C. § 1381. Chrysler Corp. v. Rhodes, 416 F.2d 319, 321 (1st Cir. 1969); General Motors Corp. v. Volpe, 321 F. Supp. 1112, 1115 (D.C.Del.1970). In achieving this goal, two courses of action are open to the Agency. (See Cong. Rep. No. 1919, 89th Cong.2d Sess., 1966, 2 U.S. Code, Cong. & Admin.News 2731 (1966).) It can act to prevent accidents,*fn2 or it can act to prevent injuries in the event of accidents. Standard 208 is designed to accomplish the latter.