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Thls le8lslatlon wtll brlng tlre manufecturers<br />
wlthln the Jurlsdiction of nBtional<br />
highway safety. Well thal, they<br />
should be, for fEulty tires have been<br />
proven td have caused fRr tm many fEtal<br />
accidenls. The biu before us will rcquire<br />
tire mEnufacturors to fumish purchflsers<br />
certain infometion about thelr<br />
ploducts such s identlffcation, plles,<br />
msximum lo[d, End their colnpllance<br />
wlth safety st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />
In scldltiotr, the NationEl Trafnc <strong>and</strong><br />
Motor Vchiclc Ssfety Act of 1966 will<br />
greally exp&nd the existing National<br />
Ilrlvers lteglster. It .wlll lnclude the<br />
names of all those anywhere ln thd countrv<br />
who have been denled, lor one reeSon<br />
or htloLlter. B llcense or lrad his license<br />
rcvoked or suspended. It is too etrsy for<br />
tlroj;e who should not have the privilege<br />
oI drlvinc to obtaln a llcense ln ¬her<br />
jurisdiction once they hBve been denleal<br />
Lhal privile|.e ln th|ir own.<br />
Thlts legisletiotr doe$ & great deal moE.<br />
It is a logical step lollowirrg other acts<br />
tffken by the conEress of the Unlted<br />
Stale$ to increase the sflfety of Aherlcans<br />
on the lrlghwey.<br />
I strongly support pas$age of the National<br />
Traflic <strong>and</strong> Motor Vehlcle SBtety<br />
Act of 1966. It is needed now,<br />
Mr. SICKLES. Mr. ChBlrmEn. the<br />
Irouse now has under consldetatlon the<br />
Nffttor)a] Traffc <strong>and</strong> Motor Vehlcle<br />
Sefety Act of 1966. Soon lt will be con'<br />
slderlng the Hlghway Safety Act ol 1966.<br />
These me&sure$ are closely lntcrreleted,<br />
<strong>and</strong> whlle they sre separate pleces ol leglsletlon,<br />
we $hould keep In mlhd the ono<br />
rrrhlle conslderlns the other.<br />
The present automoblle sccldent ratc<br />
constltutcs a. crlsl8 ol unprecedented proportlons<br />
conlrontlng the Amerlcen people.<br />
If the present automoblle accltlent<br />
fBtallty rate cof,tlnue8 we wlll hEve ttr..e<br />
deaths of at least one-hEu mlUlon peoplc<br />
erch decaale to Eccount lor- Thls year<br />
alone, 50,000 AmerlcEn$ are expected to<br />
dle as a result of Eutomobile Eccldent8.<br />
C)he out of every 3,600 AmertcEn8 wlll b€<br />
dead slmply because he ventured out on<br />
the road systems ol hl8 country.<br />
Somethlng must be done. Ttrls r<strong>and</strong>om,<br />
but systetnatlc kllllnc muBt cesse.<br />
There are three mEjor phsss of accldent<br />
preventlon. One ls the automobtle,<br />
how it ls made End whether lt ls constructrd<br />
wltlr the preventlon of eccldents<br />
ln mlnd. The second nrea ls the drlver,<br />
whether he lB properly llcens€d End to<br />
lvhflt er(tent hls educBtlon hBs trBlned<br />
hlm to adequately me€t the hazardl of<br />
modem-day clrlvlng. Ttre thlrd area lB<br />
best constructlon arral me.lntenenc€ ol<br />
our hlehways ln terms of safety requlrements,<br />
The TrEfnc tiftlety Act deal$ wlth the<br />
flrst of these problems; the Hlghwsy<br />
Safcty Act wlth the latter two.<br />
The ma1or thrust of the TrEffc gelety<br />
Act--H.R. 13228-ls the estsbltEhment<br />
by the Sccretary of Commerce ol sfety<br />
stmdards for all automoblles. In carrylng<br />
out hls responslbllltles in ttrls area<br />
the <strong>Sec</strong>retery wlll b€ blded by the Netlonel<br />
Motor Vehlcle Sa.fety Advlsdry<br />
Councll, to be created by the proposed<br />
leslslatlon, who8e membershlp wtu be<br />
composed ol repre8dntetlves from the<br />
motor vehlcle lnalustry, safety equlpment<br />
754<br />
mBnufecturers, Stete <strong>and</strong> locel governments,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Eenefel publlc. The $ecreta.tT<br />
wlU also hEve the use <strong>and</strong> resourccs<br />
of Federal <strong>and</strong> State reseBrch<br />
rrrogmms flnsnccd by ttrls lef,lslation.<br />
The FcderBl GovernEietrt already has<br />
slenlflcant cxperience in establishitrg<br />
safety stsndtrrds for autoln:)biles- The<br />
General Servlces Adlnlhlstration, which<br />
purchases vehicles for tnost Federal<br />
egencles, already has establlshed safety<br />
stEndards for the vehiclcs it buys. Ttle<br />
secrettrry of Cornrnerce wiu be able to<br />
use these st[ndarrls as a startlng poiilt<br />
for tleveloping the ncw nfltlonal Drogram.<br />
Alrother feeture of the Tramc Safety<br />
Act sets sefety EtBndBrdt lor automoblle<br />
tlres to hrsure that they wlll bc capable<br />
of perforrnlng under the detnatrds that<br />
wlll be placed on ttrcnt, Flrlally, the<br />
leglsletlon establishcs a Natlonal Driver<br />
Regl$ter as rrn rld to more efrectlve enfofcetnent<br />
of bRns aHalnst ulquaUneal<br />
drivers. Anyone who has had hls llccnse<br />
revoked or beerl refu:;ed a license will<br />
heve his nltnle so recorded in tlris regl$ter.<br />
Thl$ will make it ee$ler lor any<br />
Jurlsdlction to check the background of<br />
B driver applylng for a llcense,<br />
The Hlehway Act of I966-H.R.<br />
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