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Wednesday January 4, 2006
Federal regulators gave a Miami automaker the go-ahead Tuesday to sell a bare-bones, Romanian off-road vehicle in the United States without air bags until May 2008.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration allowed the exemption for Cross Lander USA Inc. after finding the company could go out of business without it.
Watchdog group Public Citizen had campaigned against the waiver because it argued the vehicles would be dangerous without air bags.
U.S. safety rules require air bags for the driver and front passenger in vehicles that weigh less than 5,500 pounds, unless a company can prove it faces "substantial economic hardship" and tried to meet the safety standards.
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Posted by: automotors
Date: 10/14/2007 @ 03:55:41 PM
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