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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2000
 New Crash
Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site
(1/6/00)
Secretary
Slater Announces Final Specifications for Crash Dummy
Repressenting Six-Year-Old Child (1/13/00)
Statement
by Secretary Slater Commending National SAFE KIDS
Campaign, GM for Promoting Child Passenger Safety
(1/18/00)
NHTSA
Publishes List of November 1999 Recalls (1/20/00)
NHTSA
Unveils New Brochure to Help Those with Disabilities
Seeking Use of Adapted Vehicles (2/3/00)
New Crash
Test Results Available on NHTSA WWW Site (2/4/00)
Secretary
Slater Marks National Child Passenger Safety Week by
Promoting Booster Seat Use (2/14/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Says Nation's Traffic
Death Rates Reach Historic Low in 1999 (4/3/00)
Media
Advisory: NHTSA Publishes List of February Recalls
(4/7/00)
New NHTSA
Crash Test Results Available on World Wide Web (4/14/00)
U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater Commends
State of New York for Meeting President Clinton's Seat
Belt Goal of 85 Percent (4/17/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Praises Ford Motor
Company for New "Boost America" Campaign
(4/19/00)
NHTSA
Announces Safety Recall of Evenflo Child Seats (5/1/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Advanced Air
Bag Regulation That Improve Benefits and Reduce Risks
(5/5/00)
NHTSA
Kicks-Off National Bike Month/Praises Youth Efforts to
Promote Safe Bicycling (5/10/00)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces
Proposal to Add Rollover Ratings To Auto Safety Consumer
Information Program (5/25/00)
 Indianapolis, Tucson Win Federal Grants To Begin
Aggressive Driving Demonstration Projects (5/31/00)
NHTSA
Publishes List of April 2000 Recalls (6/22/00)
Secretary
Slater Kicks Off Blue Ribbon Panel to Increase Seat Belt
Use Among African Americans (6/26/00)
Advisory:
New Crash Test Result Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web
Site (6/30/00)
NHTSA
Sets Sessions to Address Growing Driver Distraction
Problem (7/7/00)
NHTSA
Announces Safety Recall of Britax Child Safety Seats
(7/17/00)
Media
Advisory: New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's
World Wide Web Site (7/25/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater, CART’s Bobby Rahal
Extend Safety Partnership (7/28/00)
"Safe
Routes To School" Demonstration Program To Receive
NHTSA Funding (8/8/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Calls for Safer Driving,
Seat Belt Use In National Medical Association Address
(8/11/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces $69.7 Million
in Incentive Grants To 17 States, D.C., With .08 BAC Laws
(8/24/00)
Secretary
Slater Announces Another Year of Progress for Highway
Safety (9/6/00)
Secretary
Slater Reminds Children About Safety On Way To, From
School (9/19/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Calls On Congress to Enact .08 BAC
Legislation (9/19/00)
Motorcycle
Deaths, Injuries Increase in Texas, Arkansas Follwing Helmet Law Repeal
(9/20/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater: New Study Finds Decrease in Fatalities
Following Illinois’ .08 BAC Law (9/21/00)
Advisory:
NHTSA Administrator Dr. Sue Bailey Warns
Against Using Carrying Handle On Certain Century Infant Car
Seats/Carriers (10/6/00)
NHTSA
Announces New Safety Standard for Electric Vehicles (10/17/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Standard to Require Internal
Trunk Releases on Cars (10/17/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater Announces Grants of $47.3
Million to Increase Seat Belt Use (10/31/00)
NHTSA
to Crash Largest Number Of Vehicles Ever For Consumer Information
(11/1/00)
Statement
of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater on the Signing of
the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation
(TREAD) Act
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces NHTSA Proposal to Upgrade
Crash Fire Safety Standard (11/14/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Joins in Seventh National Mobilization
To Buckle Up Children and Fight Drunk Driving (11/20/00)
Media
Advisory: New
Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site (11/21/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Plan For Improving Child
Restraint Systems (11/22/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces First Rulemaking Implementing
TREAD Act (11/30/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Receives Recommendations from Blue
Ribbon Panel On Increasing Seat Belt Use Among African Americans
(12/13/00)
National
Holiday Lifesavers Weekend: U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Commends Largest-Ever Enforcement
Mobilization to Combat Impaired Driving (12/14/00)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Joins First Lady, Mothers Against Drunk
Driving to "Tie One on For Safety" (12/20/00)
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