SAFETY-RELATED DEFECTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE EVALUATION OF SELF-REGULATION <link rid="fn1">*
Tobin reviews the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) self-regulating program including recall of vehicles, the ever-changing definition of defects, frequency of defect reports, and the notification of vehicle owners. He concludes that self-regulation-while minimizing government's cost and involvement in the private sector-has serious defects of its own. It gives manufacturers too much latitude in determining the existence of a defect and makes government overly dependent on the manufacturers for information. Under self-regulation the definition of what constitutes a defect changes from year-to-year; and under it manufacturer's recalcitrance in acknowledging a defect has kept the NHTSA from ordering recalls. Copyright 1982 by The Policy Studies Organization.
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1982
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Authors: | Tobin, Richard J. |
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Review of Policy Research. - Policy Studies Organization - IPSO, ISSN 1541-1338. - Vol. 1.1982, 3, p. 532-539
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