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New Law Requires Panic Buttons on Phones in India

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

CNN reports:

“India has announced new rules that require all mobile phones to have a “panic button,” in order to protect women and prevent rape.

The regulations, which take force in 2017, were announced this week by India’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Manufacturers are also required to include GPS in all phones by 2018, in order to help improve security.

Many phone manufacturers already include a panic response feature, but India does not currently have a centralized emergency call system. Because different phone numbers are required to reach police, medical and fire services, the feature has limited utility.

Authorities plan to address the problem with a new national emergency number — 112 — that will roll out in the coming months.”

See http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/27/technology/india-smartphone-panic-button-rape/

Imagine if NHTSA required all cars to have a phone holder such that when crashes above a certain velocity occurred the phone would automatically call 9-1-1 and next of kin listed in the phone, and reported it to NHTSA.   And imagine if NHTSA required the phone software to provide a percentage likelihood of a serious injury presence using an URGENCY Algorithm.

We need a government in America as good as in India!

Lou

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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

OMB Report on Benefits and Costs of Regulations – And Settlement Agreements

Dear Care For Crash Victims Community Members:

As we think about Benefits and Costs we need to think about Who gets the Benefits and Who gets the Costs.  People’s lives vs. Corporate monies.

Think about the power of Presidents and their responsibilities as OMB is a key arm of government in the White House.

See OMB Draft Report at

Imagine an Executive Order directing the Justice Department to require all settlement agreements to include payments to the government commensurate with the costs in lives lost in the past and projected into the future – and the benefits of sentencing executives to the elimination of vehicle violence forevermore – Vision Zero.
Lou–

____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Pedestrian Fatalities – Report on State by State

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Findings include:

*  Pedestrian Deaths as a percent of Total Traffic Fatalities have risen from 11% to 15% over the years 2005 – 2014

*  Pedestrian Deaths remain about 4,800 year – or 13 deaths every average day in the U.S.A. today.

*  72% of Pedestrian fatalities by Light Level occurred in the Dark in 2014.

*   49% of Pedestrian Deaths in 2013 involved alcohol (34% Pedestrian, 15% Driver) in 2013.

 *  74% of Pedestrian Deaths in 2014 were at Non-Intersection locations in 2014.
*  State Rates and Rankings of Pedestrian Fatalities per 100,000 population in 2014 ranged from 3.55 (New Mexico) to 0.27 (Minnesota) with a U.S. Average of 1.53.
Sincere thanks to a subscriber for sharing this Report with us.
Hopefully the media will share this information of life or death importance with the wider public.
Lou

Progress on Truck Underride Safety

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Safety progress reported by family of two daughters tragically lost in a crash.  This is a story the public needs to hear and that deserves wider distribution by the media.A grieving dad got the attention of the trucking industry & made a difference.

Lou Lombardo
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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

29 Lives Lost = 1 Year in Jail for Coal Executive – Hundreds of Auto Deaths = Zero Jail Time

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

ABC News reports:

“Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, was convicted in December of one of three counts against him for conspiring to “willfully violate mandatory mine health and safety standards” at the Upper Big Branch mine that claimed the lives of 29 men in an explosion on April 5, 2010. A federal safety inspection later found that “if basic safety measures had been in place… there would have been no loss of life at UBB [Upper Big Branch].”

Blankenship was sentenced today to one year in prison, plus one year’s supervised release and a $250,000 fine -– the maximum penalty for the conspiracy charge, according to ABC News’ local affiliate WCHS. Prosecutors had bemoaned such a short maximum sentence for what they called “monstrous” wrongdoing.”  See

http://abcnews.go.com/US/coal-king-don-blankenship-year-prison-deadly-mine/story?id=38191606

In the auto safety field:

GM defect resulted in 174 deaths.  See Criminal settlement at http://www.autosafety.org/cas-statement-gm-criminal-settlement-justice-department/

Jeep defect resulted in more than 100 deaths.  See http://www.autosafety.org/jeep-grand-cherokee-fires-homepage/

Corporate and Government Executive Jail time = 0 days

This is one result of the U.S. government’s Vision Zero policy for crash deaths and serious injuries.

Lou

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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com