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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2002
January
 NHTSA
Announces Safety Recall Of Britax Child Safety Restraints (1/2/01)
NHTSA
Publishes List of October 2001 Recalls (1/10/02)
NHTSA
Publishes Proposed Model Year 2004 CAFE Standard (1/18/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grants of $44.4 Million to
Increase Seat Belt Use (1/18/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of November 2001 Recalls (1/30/02)
February
Top
Auto Safety Official Urges Parents to Buckle Up Children Correctly
(2/6/02)
New
Rollover Ratings and New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World
Wide Web Site (2/7/02)
New
Highway Safety Campaign Targets Hispanics (2/12/02)
NHTSA
Administrator Announces Multicultural Outreach Web Site
(2/12/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of December 2001 Recalls (2/12/02)
NHTSA
Denies Firestone Request For Ford Explorer Investigation (2/12/02)
March
NHTSA
Issues Report on Dual-Fuel Vehicle Economy, Proposes Extension Of
Program to Model Year 2008 (3/6/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grant to Massachusetts For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (3/26/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grant to Pennsylvania For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (3/26/02)
April
NHTSA
Announces Safety Recall Of Peg Perego Infant Child
Seats (4/4/02)
 U.S.
Transportation Department Chief of Staff Announces Grant to Colorado For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (4/8/02)
U.S.
Transportation Department Announces Grant to Nevada For Education on
Child Passenger Safety (4/9/02)
NHTSA
Announces Grant to New York For Education on Child Passenger Safety
(4/9/02)
NHTSA
Repeats Rollover Warning To Users of 15-Passenger Vans (4/15/02)
New
Rollover Ratings, Crash Test ResultsAvailable on NHTSA's World Wide
Web Site (4/18/02)
Media
Advisory: NHTSA To Seek Public Comment On Motorcoach Safety(4/19/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grant to California For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (4/19/02)
DOT
Releases Preliminary Estimates Of 2001 Highway Fatalities (4/22/02)
NHTSA
Proposes Revisions To Child Restraint Standard (4/25/02)
NHTSA
Announces Grant to Minnesota For Education on Child Passenger Safety
(4/28/02)
May
NHTSA
Publishes List of February 2002 Recalls (5/1/02)
NHTSA
Administrator Announces Grant to Ohio For Education on Child Passenger
Safety (5/2/02)
NHTSA
Sends School Bus Report to Congress (5/7/02)
Economic
Impact of U.S. Motor Vehicle Crashes Reaches $230.6 billion, New NHTSA
Study Shows (5/9/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grant To Indiana For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (5/15/02)
NHTSA
Announces Grant to Florida For Education on Child Passenger Safety
(5/15/02)
Making
Memorial Day Travel Safer U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta
Launches Largest-Ever Law Enforcement Mobilization for Traffic Safety
(5/20/02)
June
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces New Consumer Publication On
Safe Towing of Trailers (6/10/02)
NHTSA
Administrator Presents Awards At Lifesavers Conference For Safety
Accomplishments
(6/12/02)
New Rollover Ratings, Crash Test Results For
Model Years 2002, 2003 Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site (6/21/02)
Highway
Checkpoint Strikeforce Debuts for July Fourth Holiday; Multi-State
Blitz to Enforce Laws Against Impaired Driving (6/27/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of April 2002 Recalls (6/27/02)
NHTSA
Issues “Early Warning” Reporting Regulations (7/3/02)
 Odometer
Fraud is Pervasive, Costly to American Consumers, NHTSA Research Study
Concludes (7/11/02)
NHTSA
Seeks Public Comment on Priority
Plan For
Vehicle Safety
Rulemaking (7/25/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of May 2002 Recalls
USDOT
Releases 2001 Highway Fatality Statistics; Deaths Among Children Down
to Lowest in History (8/7/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of June 2002 Recalls (8/7/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of July 2002 Recalls (8/22/02)
NHTSA Administrator
Announces New Child Restraint System: ‘Lower Anchors And Tethers for
Children’ (LATCH) (8/28/02)
Seat
Belt Use by Drivers, Passengers Reaches 75 percent, NHTSA Reports
(9/9/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces
$90.4 Million in Incentive Grants To
31 States, D.C., Puerto Rico for .08 BAC Laws (9/13/02)
NHTSA,
AMA Partner to Combat Impaired Motorcycle Riding (9/17/02)
October
USDOT
Requires Improved Child Restraint Labels (10/2/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of August 2002 Recalls (10/2/02)
Crash
Test Results, Rollover Ratings for 2002, 2003 Models on NHTSA's Web
Site (10/11/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of September 2002 Recalls (10/28/02)
NHTSA
Announces Release of Rule To Create New Child Safety Seat Rating
System (10/31/02)
November
NHTSA Proposes New School Bus
Category (11/4/02)
USDOT
Announces Final Rule On Tire Labeling to Increase Consumer Awareness
of Recalls (11/18/02)
USDOT, Landstar
Team Up to Encourage Drivers to Buckle Up (11/21/02)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Start of Law Enforcement
Mobilization for Highway Safety
(11/25/02)
NHTSA
Releases List Of Model Year 2003 Vehicles To Be Rated for Safety
(11/26/02)
NHTSA
Publishes List of October 2002 Recalls (11/27/02)
December
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Proposal to Improve Fuel
Economy Standards For Model Year 2005-2007 Light Trucks (12/13/02)
Historic
Impaired Driving Crackdown Is Launched; NHTSA Releases State-By-State
Report (12/18/02)
Consumer
Advisory: NHTSA
Warns Of Potential Buckle Problems On Child Seats Equipped With
Recessed Buckles
(12/30/02)
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