The Party Is Over - Senate Prepares To Drastically Increase Regulation Of Auto Industry

Senators' frustration with what they see as an inconsistent and disorganized response to the Takata airbag recall crisis boiled over last week, signaling a push for more auto safety regulations.

"These airbags failed, but the system failed equally, if not more," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., at a contentious Senate Commerce Committee hearing.

A Honda executive admitted that his company failed to deliver a recall notice to a driver who was badly injured in her right eye and neck by an exploding inflator made by Takata Corp.

Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, also said Honda failed to follow all procedures of the TREAD Act, the 2000 legislation that overhauled auto recall procedures after the Ford-Firestone tire crisis.

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ParadoX - 11/24/2014 3:06:19 PM

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I severely doubt it. The congress is unlikely to act on this. The NHTSA is not going to do anything drastic without congressional direction to make strict rules.

MDarringer - 11/24/2014 7:58:57 PM

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And in so doing customers would get cash raped. This type of mindset is typical liberal idiocy. Pass a bunch of regulations and laws, pretend you did something, and crap your pants when it doesn't work.

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randy3023 - 11/25/2014 11:22:20 AM

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Sen. Claire McCaskill is a democrat. She can whine and bitch all she wants, but she has no power to do anything.

TomM - 11/25/2014 6:42:41 PM

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The magic number in the senate remains at 60 - the number of senators needed to overcome a filibuster. Neither side has that. And at least in this case - neither side is going to get it either.