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

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llquor. Thtr. ulroush thG
lctlrlatlve prmess, ws rEductd to
he trub underdrutr
lesrltlrne neftssgnf
qhcnlre trlt ol thc
ln new model protluc-
3 dBys, anrl that l.3 the law ln Ohlo todsy.
I wag alm msponsor ol the polnt systam
tlon an.l mmprehends tiere thlnEs Bre
tremendously importsnt, not only to th6
law ln Ohlo, whlch concems ltsell mtn
movlng trafrc vloletlons. Il you get l3
polnts ln I yeEr. you ere grounded- TTrls
automoblle lndustry but to rll ol our
c4untry. wtEt the Secretary doee urd
what he sys tn these reculetion$ will af-
was deslgned to relnove hEbltual Bnd
accldent-prone drlver8 from the publlc
streets and hlghways.
So. Mr. chalrmu. lt seefts to me thEt
elthoush thls, perhap8, mf,y be a $tep ln
the rlght dlrectlon-End I certatnly hope
so, because there ls llt'tle opposltion to
autornobile safety leBisletlorr-we are attacking
probably less thEn I0 percerrt ot
the $erlous problem. But we &re not ln
any mesnlnglul feroe ol the rord att€mptlnB
to do enythhg Ebout the lncapable.
the lncompetent. or the lrre-
$porlsitJle driver.
I am hopeful the Advisory BoBrd
&mendment wlll be Edopted and that
this legisiEtive etrort eccompllshe$ results
ln reducing to annual trefnc toll o! netrrly
50.000 persons. With this ln mind,
althouch f do hBve lrome res€rvBtloro
beceuse the primary caus of eccidentr
ls not lncluded, I expect to support the
bill.
Mr. SPRINGm,. Mr. ChBlrmBn, f
yield 5 mlnutas t{ the gentlemEn fro6
Michisan IMr. HARVEY].
Mr. HARVEY of Mlchlgan. Mr.
ChelrTnan, I rlse also ln .suprcrt ol thls
leglslatlon. But I do so wlth conslder-
Eble reluctance,
First of ell, Mr. ChElman, I thlnt lt
ls well that we reellae thEt thH compulsory
stEndErds ln the mBnulacturc
of flutomdblles Bre not b€inE forced upon
the lrldustry; but, ruther, thBt they have
come before our commltte and ssld thet
they want the8e Etandards, End that they
te€l they are dedtrEble^
Corequently, Mr. ChelrmBn, the only
fuctlon thEt wffi left to our commtttef
wN that of actuElly draftlnc or wordlnF
the lmzuage to B.uthorlze the s€cretary
to Frrchulgate these standardsftrt
directly the lives Bnd the eaming8
of I out of every ? Amedcans ln
the 50 Stflt€s of Amerlcs.
In my dtstrict, I am $ure thet not only
one out of se!en but the majorlty of the
pmple ue elf,her dlrectly or lndlrectly
clet)endent upon the auto lndustry. So
It ls very vltel to them.
But, Mr. ChElrm8n, I went to sBy to
the chBlnnan thflt tlris HorH ln supporttng
this lecislation ha.s to b€ mlndfu.l of
the fEct that no mBtt€r '.vhom we hEve
ln the poGition of Secretary, I b+lieve we
lrru$i assurne that this person is going to
ect reasonf,bly and thet h6 ls going to
mt wlsely.
Mr. Chaiman. havlng these thinss ln
mlnd and ln view of these corEldetations,
I expect to support the leglslBtlon.
MT, SPRINGER. MT. C'lr8.IrufrI. I
yleld 5 mlnute3 to the gentleIlan fron
South C8rolina IMr. Wrrsos].
Mr. WATSON. Mr. chfliman, I t€-
Ileve tfrat thls btll and the companlon
plece, H.R. 13290, from the Pubuc Workj
CornElttee wlU actuElhr m8ke a slgnlflcBnt
contrlbtrtton to the reducttor ol
the traglc lffi th8t *e are erDertenclng
dBlly upon the hlghwayE of Amerlca.
But at the sarne t[dre I hope thBt none
of u.s E'lU be so decelved ss to b€lleve thBt
the p'ass8ae ot ttreco bitls will solve the
problem of hJghwry lqss and hlshwBy dccldentj.
It wiU not. In fact, I share-:+s
hL5 been erpresed by B nmb€r ol dtf
couesguef,-their concer4 thrt mEybc lt
rnlSht hsve Jut the oppdstte efirct.
Are we, [hrough the psage of thla
btU-and f strongly support lt-BohF to
cre+t€ the lEpreBslon ln the mlnd of the
drlver that Ee Ere golng to give hlm an
amldent-prmf nutomoblle? Certalnly
you mn never produce an ffildent-prml
automobile.
Mr. ChalrlnBn, I believe ln thls refpect Of course. the lndusttT mn and should
that our committee lebored very long ancl show more concern to ihe developmenf
very diligently. f would celtain.ly congrBtulBte
the chalffia.n of our commlt-
ot salety devlce$ for the automoblle, but
at the same ttrn6 I beUeve my colles8.ueg
tm nnd ell the Inemberg thereof upon
BttffiklnE B very tough asslgnment. But,
nevertheles, I have great reluctance in
end our able chBlrman-{.nal certElnly no
comnlttee hLg worked h8rder, Md certelnly
no chalrm4n ha$ worked harder
supporting thls leslslatton.
Mr, Chalrmen, I mlght sey that f mme
from prlmarlly sn Autornoblle dtstrtct in
the S[ate of Michlgan. f hs.ve s substmtltrl
nmber of uilon workcrs ln my
dlstrlct wlro b€lons to the UAW.. cIO and
who tttske thelr ll?lng ln the production
of Butomoblle$ end ln the productlon of
Lutomotlve perta.
Mr. Chalrmen, many of these workers
hsve wrtiten to me, es have the automoblle
exesutlve8 themselves. I belleve
some ol thlg concem from thos ln the
autr lndllatty comeE about because of the
very vast allscfttlon that lE tured over
to the Sxretary ln thls pErtlculBr blll.
Mr. ChBlrmen, thls ls somet'hlng thst
f cannot thtnt of Eny wEy to 8et sroud.
We must empo$'er rum fith the suthor-
Ity to get out these partlculBr stEndErd3.
Whether the Secretary tnrly understandr
qrhen we talk ol thc moalel yeaf-whether
thEn he to brln8 out the best rffilble leglslBtion-'but
f Em sure thet all of thefir
will E{Bree thBt, ss the industry tmtlfled
before the corlrldttee, they sald that
mf,ny times tlley hsve trled to put, ln sme
sfety lmovetlong Bnd the publlc reJected
t,hos lnnovatlorE,
we, the publlc, Bre re$ponslble tt the
autof,oblles nre go defectlve or hEve
faihd to provtde N,deque.ta $efety rlevlces.
lve are resporrslble lrt peft. The publlc
has beerr more lnterested ln speed, Mr.
Moss, thsn they have been lfl sflfety.
The Dubllc he.s been hore lnterested in
the strehmllnlns ol the deslgn of m
automoblle thEn lts sfety fehtures.
I{r. MOSA, Mr. Chalrmm, q|lll tJle
gentleman yleld?
Mr. WATSQN. I yleld to the gentlemen
from CBIIlornla.
Mr. MOgEl. Mr. ChalrmEn, I do nof
questlon, ro I ststed ln Ery remilks. pub-
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