Obama To Talk Auto Safety — To Defend Tragic Years of Failure to Protect American Crash Victims


Obama To Talk Auto Safety — To Defend Tragic Years of Failure to Protect American Crash Victims

July, 2014

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Tomorrow President Obama will try to divert public attention from his failures to protect Americans from crash injuries by touting DOT funding of research of auto companies.“Washington — President Barack Obama on Tuesday will tout the importance of “vehicle to vehicle” technology research that could one day help save tens of thousands of road deaths, the White House said.”

“The speech may provide Obama’s most significant direct remarks on auto safety since taking office. Despite Toyota Motor Corp.’s sudden acceleration crisis in 2010 and General Motors Co.’s ongoing ignition switch problem and massive recalls, Obama has said little about road safety during his tenure.

“Instead he has repeatedly focused on his administration’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency and the fact that the administration saved General Motors and Chrysler Group LLC as part of the $85 billion auto bailout.”

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140714/AUTO01/307140105#ixzz37V34lHZc

Lincoln reportedly said “You can fool all of the people some of the time…”

President Obama will not do that this time.  The record is now too well known by too many people.  More Americans died of crash injuries under Mr. Obama than died in the Iraq, Afghanistan, Viet Nam and Korean wars combined.  Under President Obama more than 180,000 Americans died of crash injuries nearly 1 million suffered serious injuries and societal costs are approaching several Trillion dollars. See p. 18 crash deaths by year http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812032.pdf  

When President Obama points to NHTSA research funds given to auto companies tomorrow he will find a skeptical public that will be difficult to fool.  Some may even compare numbers in his speech with numbers of Americans who died in crashes in GM vehicles.   See http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/GMvehFats.htmNumbers of people* killed traveling in GM vehicles, 2000-2012

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

Totals

Buick / Opel

612

655

672

717

835

903

980

1047

1037

1156

1139

1192

1234

12,179

Cadillac

257

259

265

288

333

348

430

436

431

390

410

425

393

4,665

Chevrolet

4209

4110

4200

4583

4944

5582

5849

6137

6215

6339

6579

6640

6259

71,646

Oldsmobile

287

346

393

427

516

609

754

881

998

990

1119

1209

1250

9,779

Pontiac

797

744

872

890

1013

1174

1240

1300

1495

1428

1596

1586

1549

15,684

GMC

715

685

760

692

825

969

928

948

1003

998

932

945

831

11,231

Saturn

339

333

360

352

457

457

471

556

509

446

394

346

318

5,338

TOTAL

7216

7132

7522

7949

8923

10,042

10,652

11,305

11,688

11,747

12,169

12,343

11,834

130,522

Is it any wonder that President Obama’s poll numbers are at a low?   

Lou

 

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