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PRESS RELEASES
FROM 2005
January
DOREL JUVENILE GROUP, INC. TO CONDUCT A SAFETY
RECALL FOR THE DREAMRIDE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM (1/31/05)
Mercedes-Benz To Conduct A Safety Recall For Sicartex Kiddy Top Safe Child
Restraints (01/19/05)
Mineta Announces Study -- Estimates Lives Saved by Safety Features
(01/18/05)
February
March
Model Year 2005 Vans Crash Test, Rollover Ratings available on Safercar.Gov
(4/18/05)
NHTSA Presents 18 Awards for Safety Accomplishments
(3/14/05)
NHTSA Reports Cellular Phone Use by Motorists Is on the Rise
(3/1/05)
April
Transportation Secretary Mineta Calls Highway Fatalities an Epidemic, Nation
Should Prevent Traffic Deaths Like Any Other Disease (4/21/05)
NHTSA Releases Final Tire
Pressure Monitoring Rule (4/7/05)
NHTSA completes Model Year 2005 Pickup Truck Crash and Rollover Testing, Results
Available on Safercar.Gov (04/06/05)
May
NHTSA Restates Rollover Warning For Users of 15-Passenger Vans
(05/26/05)
Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. To Conduct a Safety Recall for Designer 22
Rear-Facing Infant Child Safety Seats (05/17/05)
Complete Passenger Car Crash Test and Rollover Ratings available on SaferCar.Gov
(05/24/05)
June
NHTSA completes 2005 SUV Crash, Rollover Ratings; Results at Safercar.Gov
(06/22/05)
New Rankings and Research show vehicles becoming
more stable; 2005 Comparative Rollover Rankings available on
Safercar.Gov (06/22/05)
NHTSA Administrator Presents Safety Awards to World’s Top Auto Engineers and
Advocates At Global Conference (06/10/05)
NHTSA Releases “Ease-of-Use” Ratings for Child Safety Seats for 2005
(06/01/05)
July
Combi USA, Inc. To Conduct A Safety Recall For “Avatar”
Child Safety Seats (07/08/05)
Britax Child
Safety Seat, Inc. To Conduct a Safety Recall For “Super Elite” Child
Restraints (07/07/05)
August
NHTSA Proposes New Child Booster Seat Rules
(08/30/05)
NHTSA Ends
Offset Test Rulemaking (08/19/05)
NHTSA Proposes New Roof Crush Standard
(08/19/05)
September
NHTSA Announces
Tire Safety Ratings (09/01/05)
October
NHTSA Studies
Safety Belt Use Rates On Native American Reservations To Reduce Deaths
(10/06/05)
November
Several Vehicles
Receive Top Honors in First Group of Model Year 2006 Crash and
Rollover Tests (11/21/05)
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