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Crash Victim Petition Gains More Than 1 000 Signatures in Days

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

The inspirational Karth family petition for action by President Obama has gained more than 1,000 signatures in just a few days!  As we recently wrote there are millions of reasons to sign their actionable petition.

Please continue to spread the word and build the community support for safety progress.

See http://www.thepetitionsite.com/384/321/600/end-preventable-crash-fatalities-appoint-a-national-traffic-safety-ombudsman/

For people who need to know more why I recommend Marianne Karth’s work please see her safety resume attached.  She, her family, and all Americans deserve her support.
Please see video of their tragic losses.  She created it to help prevent tragedies happening to all of us.  Warning:  It probably will bring tears to your eyes as it did to mine.

Lou Lombardo

Decades Of Deaths By Truck Underride

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
Marianne Karth has written an excellent article for Trucks.com.

“When Will We Tackle Underride? – The Hidden Dangers in Trucks”

See https://www.trucks.com/2016/08/10/trucks-underride-hidden-danger/

Almost every other day in the U.S.A. today someone is killed in a truck underride crash as counted by NHTSA.

Worry when you see a heavy truck on the road because NHTSA has failed to fix the problem for decades.  If you can see the truck, you are in danger – danger that NHTSA has not seen for too long for too many Americans.Inline image 1

Lou Lombardo

Decades of Deaths and Injuries By Design of Weak Seats

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Deaths and Injuries By Corporate Designs
The problem has been carefully and powerfully described in an excellent CBS video at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seat-back-failures-injuries-deaths-auto-safety-experts-demand-nhtsa-action/

The video relied in part on the noble and diligent work of the Center for Auto Safety for decades to end these needless tragedies.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog/blog-seatbackfailuresresponsibility/

Some progressive political pressure grew but not enough to move the Obama Administration yet.  See

Yesterday, the Center for Auto Safety released additional information that continues to build the case for humane and moral action to end this vehicle violence.  The CAS found evidence of 327 deaths and 3,278 injuries since 2003 that NHTSA should have acted on.  The data shows Ford had the most deaths while GM had the most injuries.  See http://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Supplemental-EWR-Letter.pdf
Decades of NHTSA Failures to Protect Americans Here
Where is the Obama Administration?  Defending shipment of $400 million in cash to Iran – apparently in part for 4 American hostages.  Compare $400 million to the 327 deaths valued at $9 million each using DOT policy value of a statistical life = $3 billion.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/crash-costs.php

Note the Obama Administration spends more than $100 million each year on vehicle safety research – but it is managed by former GM employees.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog-lastdecade.php
Resources Not Spent On Safety
Where are the Foundations?  The largest Gates spends 75% of our money overseas.  (Yes, I think of it as “our money” to some extent since it was made here in the U.S.A. and tax sheltered here for years.)
Imagine how many lives would have been saved if the Center for Auto Safety over the past 40 years had a budget of $10 million each year (actually it is far less than $1 million).
Note the Obama Administration spends more than $100 million each year on vehicle safety research – but it is managed by former GM employees.  And because of the freely spinning DOT Revolving Door by too many past, present, and future corporate servants.
Under Obama, American taxpayers bailed out automakers, but Obama has overseen scandals at NHTSA and an estimated 250,000 deaths by the end of this year here in the U.S.A.  Currently, vehicle violence is resulting in 100 deaths + 400 serious injuries and an estimated cost of $2 billion every average day in the U.S.A. today.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/assets/MonthlyReportforJanuary2016-Corrected.pdf
Lou Lombardo
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Forbes Offers Blind Spot Crash Avoidance Technique Free

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

A good article on how people can avoid blind spot accidents has been published by Forbes.

This is a Mirror Adjustment technique that I have used for decades and have taught my children and grandchildren.  See

This is one little known thing we can do to be safer.
Lou Lombardo
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Four Million Reasons To Sign Petition That May Save Your Life

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

A Mom and Grandmother who lost two young daughters in a crash, Marianne Karth and her family, have started another petition to get President Obama to do his job of protecting us all here at home in the U.S.A. today.  Her petition to end preventable deaths by vehicle violence is easily accomplished.  She simply asks for the appointment of a Traffic Safety Ombudsman to pursue reasonable and effective safety policies.  Seehttp://annaleahmary.com/2016/08/new-care2-petition-to-end-preventable-crash-deaths-appoint-a-traffic-safety-ombudsman/

If anything has been learned in recent years, it is that the Federal government, now captive of corporate powers, has failed us all. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/opinion/weak-oversight-deadly-cars.html?_r=0

Today we are on a path to counting our 4 millionth fatality due to vehicle violence in the coming decade.  See

https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/assets/MonthlyReportforJanuary2016-Corrected.pdfWhen government is not doing its job of providing for our safety, the Declaration of Independence says that it is up to us all.
That is what the Karth family is doing and they deserve the support of all Americans.
Please consider signing and sharing their petition.
And note this woman’s exploration of the tragedies of vehicle violence and what can be done to end such violence is inspirational.  I recommend people read her work as she asks the important humane questions of the governance that has failed us all for decades.
Lou Lombardo
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Democrat Platform Mentions Goal of Preventing Gun Violence But Still Strangely Silent On Preventing Vehicle Violence

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

The 2016 Democratic Party Platform has now been published.  On page 39 it addresses Gun Violence as follows:“Preventing Gun ViolenceWith 33,000 Americans dying every year, Democrats believe that we must finally take sensible action to address gun violence.”

That is good but not sufficient.

As I recently wrote, citing both historical and current statistics, vehicle violence is a greater problem.   And the prevention of vehicle violence is more feasible with government action:

“The Need For a Safe America Is Real and UrgentToday our clear and present danger of vehicle violence amounts to:

4 Million vehicle deaths in America – nearly 100 per day in the U.S.A. today
1 Billion vehicle injuries in America – nearly 400 serious injuries on an average day

$X Trillions Losses – about $2 billion per day

As we in the U.S. approach our 4 millionth death from vehicle violence, we must remember that we still have no goal to end vehicle violence….So why does the President of the U.S.A. not adopt a Vision Zero Goal?  President Obama:  Meet Marianne Karth.  She has gathered 20,000 signatures on a petition to you to adopt a national Vision Zero Goal.  “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”  Proverbs.  See http://annaleahmary.com/  ” 

The continuing failure of the Democratic Party – and now Hillary Clinton – to address this problem is a tragic dereliction of duty to the American people – Democrats, Independents and Republicans and their children.
Nader, whose work has resulted in an estimated 3.5 million lives saved since Unsafe At Any Speed, told us so.  See the NY Times article and comments at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/opinion/weak-oversight-deadly-cars.html
Lou Lombardo
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