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How do I get the national disaster act to pay for automotive insurance deductible due to massive Hail storm?

Jun 17, 2006 by O Z | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

In Deschutes county (Bend Oregon area) on June 12th, 2006 a major hail storm runined many cars. A friend of mine is getting his automotive insurance deductible paid by the national disaster act. The insurance he's going through is Safeco, but for some reason my insurance agency ( Nationwide) knows nothing about this program paying for deductibles. So is there any web sites I can go to for information on how to get Nationwide to do the same thing Safeco car insurance is doing? I need help, I'm in the process of getting my car fixed and this deduction getting paid by a program would really help me out.

Contact your local Emergency Management office - http://www.deschutes.org/go/government/d epartments/sheriff's-office/emergency-ma nagement
They should have all the guidance you need. Good luck!

What is the national highway safety act?

Mar 23, 2006 by WideEyedAndBushyTailed | Posted in Safety

I need to know what the national safety act is, when it was passed and major features of the law.

Interesting question--here are some details from an article by the Wahington Post

History:
In 1966, after decades of rising traffic fatalities, the publication of Ralph Nadar's "Unsafe at Any Speed" and increasing public outcry for safer automobiles, Congress held a series of highly publicized hearings on creating a regulatory agency for traffic safety. Among the witnesses was William Haddon, an epidemiologist who introduced the idea that traffic accidents could be analyzed scientifically and injuries reduced by changing auto design, such as installing collapsible steering columns, safety glass, head rests and seat belts.

Congress passed the Highway Safety Act of 1966 creating the National Highway Safety Bureau, with Haddon as its first administrator. The bureau became NHTSA in 1970 under the newly established Department of Transportation. An early Nadar convert, Joan Claybrook, headed NHTSA under President Carter and now runs Nadar's organization, Public Citizen.

This is some infor from wikipedia:

In 1958, the UN established the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. This development was not noted in the United States at the time, but vehicles meeting these established safety standards were legal to import into the United States.

In 1965 and 1966, public pressure grew in the US to increase the safety of cars, culminating with the publishing of Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed, and the National Academy of Sciences' "Accidental Death and Disability - The Neglected Disease of Modern Society".

In 1966, Congress held a series of highly publicized hearings regarding highway safety, and passed legislation to make installation of seat belts mandatory, and created several predacessor agencies which would eventually become the NHTSA, including the National Traffic Safety Agency, the National Highway Safety Agency, and the National Highway Safety Bureau.

The NHTSA was officially established in 1970 by the Highway Safety Act of 1970. In 1972, the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act expanded NHTSA's scope to include consumer information programs.

Since this era, automobiles have become far better in protecting their occupants in vehicle impacts. The number of deaths on American highways hover around 40,000 annually, a lower death rate per mile travelled than in the 1960's.

NHTSA has conducted numerous high-profile investigations of automotive safety issues, including the Audi 5000/60 Minutes affair and the Ford Explorer rollover problem.

Consumers today have a far greater amount of auto safety information available, due to the efforts of NHTSA and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Jerry
http://www.usedcarwise.com

My trvia and stats page:
http://www.usedcarwise.com/home.html

Why does my transmission act funny along with the gas pedal?

Dec 12, 2006 by Stuart | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a '93 Ford Tempo with an automatic transmission. Every few weeks or so I have this experience: I will be driving along when I notice the gas pedal seems to give more resistance than usual. It is harder to press down. When I get to an intersection the transmission doesn't change gears properly. Sometimes it doesn't change at all and the car revs as I try to gain speed or it changes at inappropriate times. This morning when the gas pedal felt differently while going 55 I knew the tranny would act up when I got to an intersection and sure enough it did. So at the next intersection I took it out of drive, put it in park, then back in drive. It ran perfectly the rest of the way home and the gas pedal was feeling back to normal. What could be the cause of this?

check the throttle linkage to and from the transmission .

Can a battery booster act as a battery charger if left connected over nigth?

Jun 06, 2009 by marconautico | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

If the battery booster is connected to the battery and plugged to a 110 Volts AC, does it act as a battery charger if it is left for a long period of time? If this is not correct, what are risk involved?

no//it may ruin the booster//and it can short and then cause a fire from overheated wires

Are the laws regarding turbocharged vehicles and 8 cylinder apply to ACT?

Mar 27, 2008 by BlackJack | Posted in Other - Cars & Transportation

Do the laws where they have banned turbos and v8s from p platers apply to ACT? I really wanted to get a stock VL turbo but i dont know if i can. Please help me i cant find the answer on the internet and i dont have much time to find out.

In the ACT, (assuming you are in Aus) the are no restrictions imposed on the cars that P-platers can drive.