US to adopt NHTSA advice on tyre pressure warning systems
Washington DC--Press reports suggest that the US Government is to adopt the NHTSA final rule on tyre pressure monitoring systems, perhaps as early as this week. The rule would force car makers to fit tyre-pressure sensors as atandard to all light vehicles from the 2008 model year
The story has appeared in the Wall Streeet Journal and on Reuters.
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Wal Street Journal (US) story (Via CNN)
Reuters (US) story
Story claims that ETV of Australia is the only company to make TPMS systems that meet the TREAD act requirements
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