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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2001
January
 U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces New Head Restraint Proposal
(01/03/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Announces First Rollover Resistance
Ratings (01/09/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Slater Commends Minority Law Enforcement
Executives For Addressing Ways to Increase Seat Belt Use (01/09/01)
Media
Advisory: New
Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's Worldwide Website (01/09/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Announces $7.5 Million in Grants to States For
Education on Child Passenger Safety (01/19/01)
February
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Marks National Child Passenger Safety
Week, Urges Parents to Buckle Up Children Correctly (2/12/01)
Media
Advisory:
New Rollover Ratings and New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's
World Wide Web Site (2/13/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Results of Seat Belt Study
(2/14/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Grants of $38.2 Million to
Increase Seat Belt Use (2/15/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $8.53 Million In Grants to
States, Territories to Improve Traffic Records (2/20/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Final Rule to Permit Safe
Modification Of Vehicles For People With Disabilities (2/20/01)
March
Media Advisory: New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces New Internet-Based Service
For Child Safety Seat Information (3/27/01)
NHTSA
Executive Director Presents Awards At Lifesavers Conference For Safety
Accomplishments (3/28/01)
DOT
Releases Preliminary Estimates Of 2000 Highway Fatalities (3/29/01)
April
CD-ROM
Detailing Auto Trauma Cases Available To Auto Safety Researchers From
NHTSA (4/12/01)
Media
Advisory: New Rollover Ratings and
New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site
(4/13/01)
New
NHTSA Study Confirms Reflective Tape On Big Trucks Reduces Crashes,
Fatalities (4/30/01)
May
As
Part of Bike to Work Day
NHTSA
Announces Report on Bicycle Safety Strategies (5/2/01)
NHTSA
Launches Campaign To Promote Seat Belt Use
Among Hispanics (5/17/01)
(Spanish Version)
Media
Advisory: New Rollover Ratings Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site
(5/23/01)
NHTSA
Reports Major Gains in Seat Belt Use In States with New Primary Belt
Laws (5/25/01)
NHTSA
Releases Chrysler and Dodge Minivan Crash Test Ratings (5/31/01)
June
Media Advisory: New Rollover Ratings and New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's
World Wide Web Site (6/21/01)
Long
Fourth of July Holiday Spurs National Enforcement Mobilization To
Combat Impaired Driving (6/28/01)
July
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Analysis of Motorcycle
Fatalities, Safety Plan (7/3/01)
NHTSA
Announces Safety Recall Of Century Convertible Child Seats (7/6/01)
NHTSA
Reports on Major Survey Of Cell Phone Use by Drivers (7/23/01)
 Replacement Tire Report Sent to House Committee
(7/24/01)
NHTSA
Seeks Comment On Proposed Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (7/25/01)
NHTSA
Announces Peg Perego Child Safety Seat Recall (7/31/01)
August
NHTSA
Survey Shows Air Bag Cutoff Switches Not Being Used Properly
(8/2/01)
Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge
Becomes 12th National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator
(8/3/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Commends Southeastern
Region for Boosting Seat Belt Use (8/7/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $76.75 Million in Incentive
Grants To 27 States, D.C., Puerto Rico for .08 BAC Laws (8/21/01)
Many
U.S. Passenger Vehicles Are Driven on Under-inflated Tires, NHTSA
Research Survey Shows (8/29/01)
Seat
Belt Use by Drivers and Passengers Reaches 73 percent, NHTSA Reports
(8/30/01)
September
Secretary
Mineta Announces Progress, Setbacks for Highway Safety in 2000
(9/24/01)
NHTSA
Seeks Public Comment On Headlight Glare Issues (9/26/01)
October
NHTSA
Announces Initial Decision That Additional Firestone Wilderness AT
Tires Have a Safety Defect; Firestone Agrees to Recall Those Tires
(10/4/01)
New
Rollover Ratings and New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World
Wide Web Site (10/9/01)
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Announces Grants to Increase
Seat Belt Use (10/15/01)
Media
Advisory:New
Report on Fatal Single Vehicle Motorcycle Crashes Available on NHTSA's
Worldwide Website (10/22/01)
NHTSA
Administrator Announces New Crash Injury Research Center At
Medical College of Wisconsin (10/25/01)
November
NHTSA
Proposes Adding Child Restraint Rating System To Auto Safety Consumer
Information Program (11/1/01)
NHTSA
Releases List Of Model Year 2002 Vehicles To Be Rated for Safety
(11/19/01)
Many
U.S. Passenger Cars Are Driven on “Bald” Tires, NHTSA Research
Shows (11/30/01)
December
Final
NHTSA Crash Test Results For Model Year 2001 Now Available on World
Wide Web (12/7/01)
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