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st<strong>and</strong>ardr ftust desl wlth the questloh ot<br />
used cars s well sB new ones. Tlre used<br />
cBf prcvlslona of sectlon 108 wlll en8blc<br />
the Smretary of Commerce 14 proceed<br />
wlthln the existlng fremework of State<br />
Inspectlon lews. <strong>Sec</strong>tlon 108, eE wdtten,<br />
wlll mlilmize Federal preemptlon of N.<br />
questlon trBditlone.lly left to the Stet€s,<br />
yet fflU BUow the thrust of Federal safety<br />
efiorts to bc felt through 90 p€rcenD dI<br />
the vehloles Bmually once the auto<br />
sfety prwtbm l3 set ln motlon.<br />
The lmportrnce of motor vehlcle Inspectlona<br />
cBn be seen ln the experience<br />
of the Etate ot'Iexu, lor examplg, whlch<br />
reports that ptlor to lts lnspectlon pro-<br />
Er6m ln 1951, some l9 percent of Y6hlcles<br />
lnvolved. ln lstal accidents hEd un'<br />
sf,fe conditlons. fn 1963, the perdhta8:e<br />
had be€n nduced to { p€rcent. Vlrclnl*<br />
reportd Eimllsr flndlnSs. Tte vehlcle lDspectloD<br />
provisions ot tltle III, spdued<br />
out ln H.R, 13?00 e^t r€ported by the<br />
Hous6 Publlc WorkE Cohnlttee. are dedlcned<br />
to nlttmrtely Each every vehiclG<br />
on the roBd. The House Qomrnerce Commlttee<br />
h83 addresed ltscE to the tBo<br />
Epeclfc 6reas of safety Bt<strong>and</strong>grds; new<br />
<strong>and</strong> used cars. Just f,s the Con8resg wlll<br />
mBrry E.R. 13?28 <strong>and</strong> tR. 13290 es th6<br />
1960 Tleflc Safety Act, so wlll the lnspectlon<br />
EtBndsrals euthorlzed tn H.R.<br />
13228 s€rl|e as a corollary to the lnspectlorr<br />
provlslons ot H.R. 13290.<br />
Mr. ch8lrms.n, tht Trsnc Sefety Act<br />
ol 1966 deserves the most gerlous conslderetlon<br />
of every Member of the rrouEe<br />
<strong>and</strong> SenEte. Its efiecta wlll be reRected<br />
in the economy of our Nhtlon thfough<br />
savlngs in llfe <strong>and</strong> property damage,<br />
Hopefully, the loss of life <strong>and</strong> prop6rty<br />
wiu be curbed <strong>and</strong> the FederEl s8fety<br />
stendarcls once lssued will be Eyallable to<br />
the motorlns public, lor lr they Ere not,<br />
the motorlng pubuc wlU contlnue to pay<br />
the cost of hlghwry mcldents.<br />
f urge the Congress to approve thlE<br />
legislstlon.<br />
The CHAIRMAN. The tlme of the<br />
gentleman from FlorldE has explred.<br />
Mr. SPRINGER. MT. Ch&ITman, I<br />
yield the ge;rtleman 2 additional mlnutes.<br />
Mr, Chalrn!&n, wlll the gentleman ylelal<br />
to me?<br />
Mr. RQGERfI of Florldd. I aft sled<br />
to yleld to the LentlemEn from rlllnols.<br />
Mr. SPRINGEFi,. TTre gentleman ha8<br />
made a stetement wlth reference to what<br />
ls happenlng today. As e matter of tact,<br />
ulesg we can reverse thls trend whlch<br />
hm been golns on slnce the end of Worltl<br />
wflr If. insteEd of the 50.000 deethE lrr<br />
1966, by 1974 Bnd 19?5 the l8te wlll be<br />
doubled, pruvided the nmber of eutomobiles<br />
on the hlghwflys lncreases proportionately-<br />
Ttren we will have 100,000<br />
people dylng e&ch year from automobilB<br />
accidents.<br />
f flsk the Fentlemsn lf that ls hlE<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing?<br />
Mr. ROGER8 ol Florlda. It ls my<br />
understendlng th8t the gentlemen ls<br />
correct In hls proiectlon of these flgures.<br />
Mr. SPRINGER. I shou.ld Uke to put<br />
another ststement ln the REcoRD. One<br />
of my stafi thetnbers the othet dd.y Bdded<br />
together, from the redordfl svallable ln<br />
W&shlnston, flgures for 4U of the desthg<br />
whlch have occurred ln wers, lncludlng<br />
the Revolutlon8ry wtr down to snd lncludtng,<br />
I belleve, the flr3t of JuIy in<br />
Vletnam. The number of deaths on the<br />
highway slnce 1901, when the flrst one<br />
occurred. has greatly exceeded the number<br />
ol death$ of aII Amerlcam who h&ve<br />
been killed ln every war for 175 ye4rs.<br />
Mr. RQGERE of Florlda. Yes. I bclleve<br />
these fBct6 Bre shocklns Bnd wB<br />
slrnply do not take the tlme tn let them<br />
slflk ln. Not only ere the deeths Bhocklns,<br />
ag the gentleman has polnted out,<br />
Bnd th6 posslblllty ol Increas€ ln the<br />
desths, but thls ls elso tfue of the lnjurles-<br />
we know that each year 4 mllllon<br />
to 4.5 mtllton pmple are inJured ln eutomoblle<br />
eccldents. Ttre propefty damaFe<br />
ls estlrnat€d et tg buuon a yeEr- we<br />
see that lf thls amount of ileaths <strong>and</strong><br />
lnjurles occured tn Vletnam rlght now,<br />
why, we would h6ve tbls whole Netlon ln<br />
B state ol eniergency.<br />
The CHAIE'MAN. Tlle tlme ol the<br />
dentleman tue erpLed.<br />
Mr. SPRIIICIER. Mt. Chalrman, f<br />
yield the Erentleman r Eddlttonal mlnute.<br />
Mr. chslffian, wlll th€ gentlemen<br />
yleld?<br />
Mf. ROCIERf,l of Florlds. r yteld t'o the<br />
Eentleman.<br />
Mr- SPRIT{GER. Just ln revlcwlns<br />
ttre flaures whlch my etafi Bot up for the<br />
perlod ol June 1966 <strong>and</strong> ttrrough JuIy ,1,<br />
1966-end certelnly no one l3 tryln8 to<br />
juetlly any war, <strong>and</strong> I thlnk sll ol ug<br />
regret any action whlch tEkes AffierlcBn<br />
llveg ln sny wflr-there were fouf tlmea<br />
Bs many deaths as a result of automoblle<br />
accldents ln June End 'l days of July<br />
as there were persdns kllled in VietnEm<br />
in the same perlcd.<br />
Mr. RQGERS of Florlde. The gentlehen<br />
ls entlrely correct.<br />
Mr. STAGGEFiS. Mr. Chelrman, I<br />
yleld such tlrne aB he may deslre to the<br />
gentleman from MRrylhnd IMr. FRTEDEL].<br />
Mr. FBIEDE. Mr. Chalrmm, I m<br />
wholehe&rtedly ln favor of this biU <strong>and</strong><br />
I thlnk tt is a very gmd blll. I do not<br />
say that thls ls a cure-all, bedause no<br />
matter what biU we pas. we cannot forset<br />
that the "nut behind the wheel" wlll<br />
stlll drlve rccklessly <strong>and</strong> ignore all traffc<br />
lsws <strong>and</strong> do everything th4t he $houlal<br />
not do. I want to compllment the chalrmm<br />
of the Interstat€ Bnd Forelgn Commerce<br />
committee md cvery member of<br />
the comitt€e for the lone hours hnd<br />
hsrd work they did to report such B gffid<br />
blu. I em sure when thlB lesble.tlon becomes<br />
fully efffftlve It wlll be B sreet<br />
st€p forusd towud reduclng the sl4ughter<br />
on our highwEys.<br />
Mr. SPRn'[Gffi. Mr. ChalrftBn, I<br />
yleld such tlllle es he may consuEe to<br />
the Hentleman lrom CslllotTlla tMr.<br />
YouNcml.<br />
Mr. YOUNGER, Mr. Chalmm, ttre<br />
flgures ju.st glven about the numbers of<br />
dsths Bnd fBte.lltles createrl by automoblle<br />
axcidents are very alsrfidng, but<br />
that ls one of the dlEcultles about thl8<br />
situEtion. when we tglk ebout the nuE-<br />
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