NHTSA complaint: 1949 VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN — EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
THIS REPORT IS YOUR INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. WHILE TRAVELING TO STATE OF NEW YORK FROM NEW MEXICO, MY WIFE AND I WITNESSED APPROXIMATE TWENTY-ONE ACCIDENTS ON INTERSTATE 40 AND 44. OUR DATES OF TRAVEL ARE JUNE 6 TO JUNE 9, 2010. TWO OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET AHEAD OF US TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WHILE IN TOW OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OF WHICH TWO INVOLVED ROLL-OVERS. ONE OF THESE ACCIDENTS INVOLVED MULTIPLE VEHICLE DAMAGES AND AMBULANCE AT THE SCENE. TWO ACCIDENTS INVOLVED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN TOW. ONE HAD AMBULANCE AT THE SCENE. ANOTHER ACCIDENT WITH ENERGY RESPONSE VEHICLES AT THE SCENE INVOLVED A U-HUAL TRAILER IN TOW. THE HIGHWAY SPEEDS ARE EXCESSIVE FOR ROAD CONDITIONS. PLEASE ALSO INVESTIGATE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TIRE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL VEHICLES. THERE ARE TONS OF RETREAD TIRES AND OTHER DISCARDED WHEELS AND TIRES ON AND ALONGSIDE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation