Automakers would be prevented from hiring former safety regulators

To break the “all-too-cozy relationship” between former NHTSA officials and the auto industry, US Senator Barbara Boxer has proposed a bill that would prevent carmakers from hiring former safety regulators.

This bill seeks to resolve the problems stemming from Toyota Motor Corp.’s apparent influence on government recall decisions. Boxer’s bill will mean that NHTSA officials that held jobs requiring written or oral communications with the agency will be barred from joining these carmakers for three years after they have left the agency.
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kpaxx - 4/30/2010 12:36:42 PM

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Wow nice to see toyota's corruption being dismantled!

bfghemicuda - 4/30/2010 3:00:55 PM

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Weather this is right or wrong, Boxer needs to go. She is part of the problem here in California. She won't be missed.