Personal InjuryPoor Regulation of Safety Standards
A "safety" belt unfortunately ensures nothing of the kind. A lax attitude by NHTSA toward genuine public safety and ineffective Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards have led to scores of deaths and serious injuries arising directly from defective and unsafe seat belt and restraints systems which most Americans have ironically come to believe save lives in accidents. Disclosure of the full extent of the safety threat has further been hampered by the auto industry's suppression and misrepresentation of true accident statistics and, in at least one major instance, outright falsification of test research.
As a result, the multitude of vehicle on American roads remain equipped with unsafe and defectively designed restraints systems and components.
Given the total failure of federal regulators to address these urgent issues, it will remain the province of attorneys such as BISNAR & CHASE to achieve genuine safety reform through the tort system, by continuing to mount economic pressure on irresponsible automakers. In this way, it is hoped over time that Americans will again be able to restore their trust in the precept that "safety" belts are appropriately so named.
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