The Act was one of a number of initiatives by the government in response to increasing number of cars and associated fatalities and injuries on the road following a period when the number of people killed on the road had increased 6-fold and the number of vehicles was up 11-fold since 1925.
The Act created the National Highway Safety Bureau (now National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The Act was the first mandatory federal safety standards for motor vehicles. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. Reduce deaths and injuries resulting from traffic accidents by establishing motor vehicle safety standards and safety research programs Second chamber: United States House of Representatives “I know everybody wants to know the names,” said Investigator Martin Sandoval, a department spokesperson.An Act to provide for a coordinated national safety program and establishment of safety standards for motor vehicles in interstate commerce to reduce accidents involving motor vehicles and to reduce the deaths and injuries occurring in such accidents. They include dozens of photos and contact information submitted by desperate families, all fearing a phone call bearing bad news. Police said Tuesday that the department has a list of over 120 names of people who want to know if their relatives are among the victims. All were male and several were from Venezuela, according to Brownsville police, but so far none of their identities have been released.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Two days after eight people were killed when an SUV slammed into a crowd waiting at a Brownsville bus stop, information on the victims remains scarce, leaving relatives of missing people scrambling to locate loved ones and pleading for information.Īuthorities say the driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez of Brownsville, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning but have not ruled out that he may have intentionally plowed into the stop outside the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, a shelter and hub for migrants who cross into the country from nearby Mexico.Įighteen people were hit, and 10 critically injured.įingerprints were collected from the victims.
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