Talk:National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

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This text appears to be from some government site, one copy of which is here: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4818a1.htm. I'm not sure what that says about this, perhaps it should be in wikisource instead? --

It definitely isn't much of an article. Maybe it should be moved? And is this a copyright violation?Fisheromen 01:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Material produced by the federal government of the U.S. is public domain and this probably is. -- Kjkolb 08:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although this would certainly be acceptable on Wikisource (Under its correct name of course) I do not know that it would then be deleted from here which you seem to be impling. Many WP articles started out as a copy of Public Domain material and the topic strikes me as being encylopedic. Obviously the article should be expanded but the information here seems to be useful as part of an article on the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 17:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here is that the article is not actually about the stated topic. It's a copy of the text here: [1] and while it's pretty good information it's really not at home in this article.

I'm rewriting the entire thing in a sandbox with the following structure:

• Short intro
• Background

A summary of the industrial conditions that led to poor motor vehicle safety and the social conditions (here I'm thinking we should mention

Unsafe at Any Speed

).

• Passage

Public debate on the law, legislative debate on the law, votes on the law, amendments, etc.

• Act

A good readable summary of what the law says, what it requires, what new departments of the federal government it creates, etc

• Effects

Long term effects of the act, beyond the changes in government departments and regulations. E.g. motor vehicle accidents fell some percentage, airbags become standard, seatbelt laws, more awareness, subsequent laws that further enhance safety

• See also
• References

Edit the sandbox here.--TexasDex ★ 16:53, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Teenaged drivers are more likely than older drivers to... urinate out the window..."

Is that really in the stated source? Even if it is, the issue must be infinitesimal, given that urinating out of a vehicle window is nearly impossible!

Shawn D. (talk) 13:10, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you read about the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act at Brittanica.com or Encyclopedia.com or History.com, the first thing they all tell you is how many deaths there were prior to the act. Next thing they all tell you is the impact of Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed, and his congressional testimony.[2][3][4]. The Smithsonian too.[5]. I can see how there might be multiple points of view of this, but the basic fact of Nader's prominent role is universally accepted. It's like Nader has been airbrushed out. What's up with that? --Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:38, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]