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NHTSA OVERSIGHT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROVISIONS OF SAFETEA–LU
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, PRODUCT SAFETY, AND INSURANCE
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COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia,
Chairman
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota BARBARA BOXER, California BILL NELSON, Florida MARIA CANTWELL, Washington FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey MARK PRYOR, Arkansas CLAIRE M
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, PRODUCT SAFETY, AND INSURANCE
MARK PRYOR, Arkansas,
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BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota BARBARA BOXER, California BILL NELSON, Florida CLAIRE M
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Hearing held on September 28, 2010 .....................................................................1 Statement of Senator Pryor ....................................................................................1 Letter, dated September 23, 2010, to Hon. Mark Pryor, from Colonel Winford E. Phillips, Governor’s Highway Safety Representative, Arkan-sas State Police .............................................................................................12 Statement of Senator Nelson ..................................................................................3 Statement of Senator Wicker ..................................................................................4 Statement of Senator Udall ....................................................................................5 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................6 Statement of Senator Klobuchar ............................................................................17 W
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 Hon. David L. Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety  Administration .....................................................................................................7 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................8 Jacqueline S. Gillan, Vice President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety .22 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................24 Robert Strassburger, Vice President, Vehicle Safety and Harmonization, Alli-ance of Automobile Manufacturers .....................................................................38 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................40 Laura Dean-Mooney, National President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) .................................................................................................................44 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................46 Neil Pedersen, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration; and Representative, Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) ...................52 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................53 Ethan Ruby, Accident Victim, New York, New York ...........................................70 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................72 Ira H. Leesfield, Past President, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers ..................73 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................75 Thomas M. James, President and CEO, Truck Renting and Leasing Associa-tion ........................................................................................................................81 Prepared statement ..........................................................................................83  A 
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 Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator from West Virginia, prepared statement ..............................................................................................................105 National Automobile Dealers Association, prepared statement ..........................106 Letter, dated October 12, 2010, to Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV and Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison from Sam Graves, Member of Congress; and Rick Boucher, Member of Congress .............................................................................109 Response to written questions submitted to Hon. David L. Strickland by: Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV ............................................................................110 Hon. Roger F. Wicker .......................................................................................111 Response to written questions submitted by Hon. Claire McCaskill to Ethan Ruby and Responded to by David C. Cook, Marc S. Moller Kreindler & Kreindler LLP ......................................................................................................112 Response to written question submitted by Hon. Byron Dorgan to Ira H. Leesfield ................................................................................................................114
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