The government proposed on Tuesday to keep confidential some vehicle safety data covering consumer complaints, warranty claims and information on vehicles involved in deaths and injuries.
Consumer groups have tried to get access to the data, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the information "will cause substantial competitive harm and will impair the government's ability to obtain this information in the future if released."
Okay, any conspiracy theories out there?
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norbex says:
07:38 AM, 11/ 3/06
Another nice idea from the BUSH administration...Nice for the corporation not so nice for the people. All information must be available to us, the consumer who will ultimately spend its hard worked money on a vehicle.
ricketts22 says:
08:52 AM, 11/ 3/06
Sounds like something Ralph Nadar would write a book about. Any guess as to what might be so dangerous that it would "cause substantial competitive harm " ?
kurtamaxxxguy says:
09:48 AM, 11/ 3/06
The current administration is on a secrecy kick in many ways.
This one sounds just plain stupid.
estreka says:
10:04 AM, 11/ 3/06
Isn't the NHSTA supposed to INFORM us about bad vehicles? Now it's a super-secret organization with the intent of hiding vital safety information from the public in the name of sales. Sounds like there are some good lobbyists in Congress.
ahightower says:
10:13 AM, 11/ 3/06
Sounds like they recognize something that a bunch of lawyers would jump all over even though it's meaningless to draw conclusions, so they're going to keep it under wraps until it can be more fully analyzed.
ateixeira says:
02:29 PM, 11/ 3/06
They figure GM and Ford have enough problems, this is one less worry while they are recovering.