We have no comment on it until we’re ready to release it. It’s still a fluid process at this point. We look forward to significant fuel savings without sacrificing safety or doing harm to the...

They certainly suggest an agency that is very, very committed to improving highway safety.

We evaluate a particular problem and set a standard,

I believe that some in the advocacy community are overlooking that the most obvious way to reduce injuries is to buckle up. The vehicle can only do so much. At a certain point, people have...

The beauty of the current approach to school bus safety … is that it doesn’t require kids to do anything but be in their seats. If you introduce seat belts, there has to be someone...

We’re confident that we went through a very rigorous process in writing the final light truck standard and we’re confident that it will get upheld in court.

The results are remarkably similar that when you repeal a helmet law, you can expect an increase in fatalities and you can expect an increase in medical costs.

We intend to keep the investigation open. We need to make sure the recall has addressed the total problem. That’s one thing we need to make certain of.

It just doesn’t make sense to us to address one safety problem and along the way create a new one.

We set a standard that provides tremendous benefits without compromising safety or causing severe economic damage to the auto manufacturers.

It’s the cognitive distraction of the conversation that causes problems.

We don’t care how they get there as long as they get there.

[Allowing states to enforce their own standards would lead to a confusing patchwork of requirements, NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson said. Tyson added that a recent Supreme Court decision on a lawsuit exonerating Honda Motor Co....

Bendix has done everything by the book. They notified us the way they should. They came in and met us, they presented a formal plan for addressing the problem.

I think there is a segment of the buying public that may be buying them with the false impression that they are buying the safest vehicle they can for their families.

Quite frankly, the scores are continuing to the point where it’s rare for a vehicle not to get a four-star rating in a crash test. It speaks to the fact that cars are safer now...

We’re satisfied that what they’re proposing to do will take care of the problem.

We have a total of 428 complaints, but no crashes or injuries,

It’s the safe thing to do until they can bring in adequate supplies of replacement parts.

We just thought we should get the word out there in the meantime.

There are certain types of crashes where SUVs may provide you with some type of protection but you have to look at the overall safety record.

The roof crush standard is a proposal and we’ll certainly take all comments into account when we write the final regulation.

We felt there was sufficient cause to opening an investigation [after getting complaints from] private individuals,

The privacy issue permeates this whole rule-making issue.

And it just doesn’t make sense that if we are setting standards to have a court say that a manufacturer who meets those standards is building a dangerous vehicle.

first step in a defect investigation.

We are seeing lot of new lighting innovations; some of them are allowed and some not. My understanding is [Mercedes] made a good case of allowing these brake lights to be used on a trial...

We’re satisfied that their remedy is going to take care of the problem,

We will be seeking additional information from the manufacturer before we go any further.

Congress has given us the authority to set safety standards. We’re merely restating our authority. We’re the agency that sets standards. Our standards are not minimum standards.

(Car and truck drivers) have had all winter to forget about motorcycles.

We have not determined whether or not there is a defect in the first place,

We do have a lot more complaint now than we did a month ago. We are looking into the Jeep Grand Cherokee 1995-1999. The scope of the investigation has not changed…but we have gotten many...

We commend Ford for stepping up, being very cooperative and voluntarily recalling these vehicles, … Our investigation is ongoing, and we intend to keep it open because we want to find the root cause of...

Just because it’s small doesn’t mean it can’t meet the standard.

The investigation will continue, … We still need to determine the root cause of the problem.

We felt this was large enough to send a message.