LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

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