EMU: NHTSA Expected To Order In-Cab Pressure Warning

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The federal government is expected to require an in-cab warning system for new commercial trucks that alerts the driver when air pressure falls critically low in a tire, according to tire and trucking industry officials.

Congress already has ordered manufacturers of personal automobiles and small trucks to begin installing pressure-warning lights, in hope of curbing serious accidents caused by tire failures. The mandate is likely to be widened to include over-the-road freight vehicles, perhaps within three years, the industry officials said.

Manufacturers of wheel-related components for both cars and commercial trucks, meanwhile, are to begin compiling information about product problems and turn the reports over to authorities.

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