* USA - Judges balk at suit over tire pressure
Federal appeals court takes hard look at law requiring tire inflation monitoring systems
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -17 Feb 2007: -- A three-judge federal appeals court panel Friday questioned the legitimacy of a lawsuit that challenges a new federal regulation requiring tire pressure monitoring systems on all new vehicles starting this fall... Tire makers and auto safety group Public Citizen claim in their lawsuit that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's regulation falls far short of what Congress intended when it passed a 2000 law requiring that all vehicles be equipped with such monitors by Sept 1. The legislation came in the wake of a recall of 13 million tires on Ford Explorers and other vehicles that were linked to nearly 280 deaths...
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