Knight in Two-Ton Armor.

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  • Author(s): Cort, David
  • Source:
    Nation. 4/13/1957, Vol. 184 Issue 15, p312-315. 4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      TRAFFIC accidents; TRANSPORTATION accidents; AUTOMOBILE safety; AUTOMOBILE industry; ACCIDENTS; GOVERNMENT policy
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      By far the bloodiest of all the U.S. Congressional hearings--and possibly the least publicized have just been released by the U.S. Government Printing Office, in 927 pages, for the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The subject was highway traffic accidents. In the parade of witnesses, the automobile industry was brilliantly represented. Its claim that the horse-power race is not at all dangerous was corroborated, oddly, by a National Safety Council official. Ford, Chrysler and American Motors engineers gave evidence of sincere research into how to make cars safer for the driver and passengers.