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

atorc, TtlB exlmlnailon requlrEt I
drlver to take & nffi vlslon ttst and undergb
sn el(4mlnatlon by B dffitor for
h$rt dlffiEe, nervoua ili$orders, End
simtltr deftrts. Statlstlc.s show mEny
sccidents mwd by the |Jrc'ompetent
drlver-incompet€nt physlcally, mentally,
snd also uflt
cldent,proneto drlve becau$e ac-
No one knows how meny a,ccidents the
Stst€ of P€ffiylvBniE hs prevented by
wlse rules and reguletions golng to
the cudition d.nd sefety of the vehlclc,
end thd fltnes$ of the driver.
The Ststes should put thelr own houses
ln ordef,
laws,
thruush entrctment of ufety
I deplore those who, without personal
knowledge of the fe4ta, condemn the euto
mflnufacturers, when ln truth, on B vt$lt
to the plants of the industry, ohe would
flnd out that safety rescarch is well
underwey, ls extensively conducted, End
the Industry is ready to now apply to new
csrs the beneflt of this re$earch. of
course, the public will have to be ready
to p8y the extra costs of the new cars by
rea-ton of these safety devlces.
Mr. STAGCEE^9. Mf. Chalrm8n. r
yield 2 mlnutm tr the genUeman from
Mass8chusetts lMr. MACDoNALD I.
Mr, MACDONALD. I tIEnT tIIG
chalmEn.
First of sU, r would llke to commend
the chelflrdrl lor the wBy ln whlch thes€
hearlngs were helil. on such a con'
troverslal subJect, both sldes were Bble
to slve the testlmony tlrey wanted to.
There is still one questlon that retnBins
In my mlhd, snd I worilal hope
the REcoRD would try td ma.k6 tltlg clear.
It 8es to sctlon I05(a) (l), whlch t8lks
about the controverEy Bbout the vElldlty
of any order gtven by whoever wlll lEtue
the ordet. I esk the che,lrman whettrer
or llot thls would Include d.ny lnallvldusl
who woulcl be Edvefsely affected, snd by
thet I mean enybody who drlves a car,
or B defectivd car and hea an eccident,
or hL5 reLson to suppos he wlll have
en eccldent by vlrtue of the fact thEt
the cBr was not pfoperly tuned out,
who would obviouBly ln my judgment be
adver$ely affected. But it does not seedl
cle&r to me ln elther the report or the
bill itself that this ls spelled out. I ask
my chElrmfln, would trny indlvldual have
the rtght to bring such an order for
petitlon ln the U.SvCourt of Appeels?
Mr. STAGGERS. In my opinion thet
lf he lE edversely efiectrd, he would hav6.
f quote troEr the report:
The couft8 Benerally hava coEtrucd tblr
tGffi to p.rtt many dlyeBe hdlvlduala BDd
Broup8 and ffisoclf,tlo& ol tbdlvtduah to
Mv. Judtclsl levlew ol adminl8tr4ttve BctloE,
Ttre comdlttGG bcltevet lt Tould bs
unFl,Ec at th6 outset ol thl8 ueF aDd tarreachlf,E
tralic ralcty progrem to atteEpt
td dcllncatc morc ptftlsely thaD tbtl thM
IErsoB who wlU havG Etandln8 td Feak JudlclAl
t6vt6w,
Mr. MACDONALD. ID other wordr,
Mr, Chairm8n. thl$ sectlon tloes not
spmlflcally hold that the psple who c4n
meke appeflr8 froB B ruling or who€ver
EIakeE the rule Ere conflned to ttre lndEtry
or to people who manuiectuta
car6, Is that correct?
750
trr. STAGGERS, Thst 18 ErY lnter- lWI
proil -
Mr. MACDONAI-D.
man,
I ther* the chulr'
Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Ghalrman, f
yleld Euch tlme as he Ery consume to ttle
gentlemen lrour New York tltfr. Kotlrn'
il^H l.
MT. I(I'PFERMAN. MT. ChAIMAN,
whlle I Eupport thls legi$lation, tJte Netlonal
Trefrc and Motor Vehtcle Safety
Act ot 196S,lt tnust not be mnBldered a$
I pEntrea or cure-all lor the very redl
Droblem oI alrlver deflclencies
we mu$t remember th8t there ls e
drlver behlnd the wheel of any uns*fe
vehlcle. end $ometimes an uroEfe drlver'
There are many c&uses for eccldent$
lnctudins but not limltEd to pmr vlslon
atrd pmr driver tralnlnF.
Among these ceues ls the serlous
probletd of elcoholism.
As J potntctt out ln comrctlon slth
the Introductlon of trlv bul H.R. l{197
in my stBtemext ln the CoNcREsslofl,i'.
[iEcoRD of March 3l at page ?336, alcohollsn.
e.n(l I do not Erean the
"skt(l
row" type, is the fourth most srlous
health probledl in the country, anal lt alEo
takes lts toll in drlvinc accidents.
Another caEe ls auto theft' As we ell
know- and a$ I ffit forth ln connection
with the lntroaluction of my blll H.R.
16657 tn my ststement ln the CoNGRtEsroNAL
IlEcoRD of July 38 8t pfige 17550'
Joyricling Juveniles or others who stdel
I oar, Ere obllvtous to the usual drlver
responslbllttles. More should be done to
prevent such theft$ not oDly ln preventlon
ot crimc but also td keep dowd
Eddldent$.
And sd I say thet we mut not, oD.lY
repair the mBchine, we ttust El6o ooncem
our$elves s'lttl the mBn beblnd the
marhtne.
Mr. SPRD{GER. Mr. ChelrmBrr' I
yield such time s he may consu.ue to
the BentleErBn from Eentucky [Mr.
C^RTER].
Mr. CARTER. Mr. ChE|Inrsn, I rlse
ln support of thls btll.
Mr. SPFIINGER. Mr. Chaiman, I
yleld $uch time es he may consume to
thc gentleman from New York [Mr.
HoRroNl.
Mr. HORToN. Mr. chBlrmEn, lt lB
wlth a Sreat sense oI privllege end eDcolllpllshlnent
tfiat I e.nnounce my Eup-
Fort for this measure. Thls blll is the
re$ult of months. and for some of us
ye8rs of work toward s meenlngful 6,flt1
efiective Federal trafnc and vehlcle
safety progrem- I need not relterEte the
unfortunat€ record of deBth Bnd Injury
that we have lnscrlbed on our Netlon'8
hishways.
I em mnfldent that the progrhtns e8tEbUsheal
under thls blll will go a long
way to$erd puttlng more safety consclous
drlvets &nd more ealely deslgned
tlres and vehlcleB on our ttfeets and
lrlghways.
As one who lfltroduced the Ttre Salety
Act, H.R. 11891, on the nr8t dav of thle
eeslon of coflgre$$, f f,m proutl that the
I|IEJoT provl$lons of thl3 blll hEve been
lncorpdrrted lnto the meesurE now before
uc f,s tttle II. Durlng my tcstlmony
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