Editorial: Shades of the ABS Fiasco

June 18, 2002 9:20 AM, EDT

The Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate that the trucking industry begin using untried new diesel engine designs to meet stricter air pollution standards is shaping up as potentially the biggest fiasco since the federal government ordered truckers to put anti-lock brakes on their vehicles before those systems were fully developed.

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in motion the ABS requirement in the mid-1970s, heavy-duty truck sales plummeted. And a repeat of that seems clearly in the offing.

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