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5gto tle NsUon, to tndustry es sell
rr to the generel publlc, tl we could develop
a pradtlcal vehlcle whlch corild
teroe aa a model for motor sBfety.
Before closlng let me congratulatt the
fnterstst€ end Forelgn commerce Cofitmittec
tor the excellent Job they dld tn
presentlng thls so very vltel leglslhtlon
to us.
Thett ls much work that must be done
before our highwsys will really be safe
to drive on. A great deal of re$€arch
rnEt be undertaken. Ssfety $tandards
must be determlned and tllen mhde
eflectlve f,Il acros our Nation- Our task
ls enormous. bul the Trafrc and Motor
Vehicle Safe[y Act, elong wlth its complement,
thc Hlghway Sajety Act. $iU at
least enable u.s to besh.
There ls no doubt ln my Inind-End
there should be none in atryone clse'F
that the pronlotlon oI tratic altd motor
vetricle sefety b well rvithln ilre provlnce
ol the Federsl Governrtlent. It is denn-
Itely s Federal responsibllity sE a'ell as B
StEie End locBl one. If ever there wa$
an lntrrstate lrrstmrhent, lt ls the motor
vehlcle. It ls the only such mode ot
trarlsport for wruch no FederBl standards
exist. we must end this f,notnaly.
We mui end the cErnEge on out hlchweys.
Mr. STACTGEREI. Mr. ChelrmEn. I
yleld such ilme l$ he mEy consue to
the Bentleman from Okls.tlotrls [Mt.
JaRu^H I .
Mr, JARMAN. Mr. ChBIrmBn, I rsts
unanlfiou con$ent to extend Ey 16,
lharks at thls poht, t$ the REcorD.
The CHAIR"MAI{. IB there objecuon
to the request of thc senueman lrom
Oklahoms?
There wa,s no objectlon.
Mr. JARMAN. Mr. Chalrmafl, I rlse
in support of H.Ft. 13228. as amended.
Mr. ChaltEM. the nefil lot a vl8oroug.
sy$tfmBtlc BttMk on the problem ot
deBth, lhJury, anrl destrucuon on the Nation's
hlEhwEys hss long been recognlzed.
Although a Erest deal of sehsailonaltsE
recently hes b€en dlrected toward the
problem of hlghway safety. our committee
has thoroughly Bnfllyzerl the complex,
itles of a coordtnf,ted nattonal safety progral|l
and has emersed with r bill which
clarlfles the lssues End produces B workable
$olutlon to a very comFlex problem.
The btu Frovides for B nBtlonBl Dro-
Eram of hlghway sefety, lacluding ilien-
BlncBtlon of research llrto the causE of
hlghwey eccldents, lmprovement of safety
stEndErds for the hlghway vehlcle and
the drlver, Bnd for a$slstEnce end encourflgement
to the StEtes to develoD
Progrems of hlghway sEfety.
On6 of the reatures of ttle btU that
mBkes lt rnoEt worktrble ls the asp€ct ot
Etate nertlclpatlon. The blU gtves Fedcral
leadership to th6 drlve for lncrea*d
tBnc ssfety but malntatrr3 the trEdltlonal
cmperattou betwRn Stet€ anel
Federal Euthorittes and between publlc
End prlvBte efiorta. Thts esDtrt makes
the b[l intd Bn sdidlnlstratlyely neilble
pro8raur whlch wlll systeEBtlcElltrr mar.shsl
thc Natlon's resources to reduce
trafuc acctdenta, deatlu, lnJurle8, Bnd
damagg'
Mr. Chelrm8n, f aE corvlnced that
the blll belore us todly rcpreenta tho
House Debate
Eost eficcuve apprwch tn he€t|[8 t.bc
challenge ol lncrrss€d tra.f,c selety, snd
urge lt5 Epproval by thlB HoH.
Mr. STAGGEF.g. Mr. CheltEeD, I
yield 5 minutes to the gentlemsn troE
Kentucky I Mr. F^RNSLEYl.
Mf. FARNSLEY. Mr. Chairun and
mr mlleagues, I wlll addrus myself to
shBt is td me the most itnlmrtmt phas€
of ttlis problem, the hi8hwfly
Yesterday Lhere came to my ot0ce B
notlce from the sffiretary of stat4 of
lhc Commonwealth of Kentucky thBt 30
yeafli ago I rcFistered sith them. for gl,
the FlBrnsley plen for safe hlHhways. I
will not send them another douaf, sd it
is ln the pubUc domdln. This keeps Ere
lrcm hEving a con-nict of interest-
The public roads people do not meEll
eny hErm, but they klll more people ths.n
everybody else put tdge[her.
'fhey
have
absolutrly rro idea of what tt tsJtes tO
get a safe highsay or, ll.they have an
ldea, they do not do it b€cause they sre
so pressed io build Inore fllles.
II we look Et the records, we flnd ttrst
the cities which have lt-stened to the
trEfrc en8llreers hBve accldent flBrrrer
Boing down, down, down.
In Iiuisville for the pst 20 yeErs that
has happened. We did lt by improving
for sefety, 125 of 650 mll$ of strRts,
Ilr the cltls which heve listened to thc
trafrc en8ineers the arcldents go rloFE
and down.
The mBjor tools are one-w&y streeta,
one-way highways and properly illuslneted
streft$ *nd hi*hways. ef cour$d,
q e need prop€r si.gnelization end prcper
lmes and $o fotttr. AII ol theE c8n
help.
The autodoblle merely kEpa B per8ou
from Eetttng hurt after he has had a,tr
sccident. Goo