we called the nhtsa hotline, the booklet hotline. this is nhtsa's representative. i have no idea about the booklet. and they said, you know what you need to do, you need to call your insurance agent. now, this is nhtsa's person. this is their hotline. last month i, again, not relying on my 45 years of experience, but went back into our stores and i asked our guys and girls that have a combined sales experience of 250 years. i said, listen, i never had this happen. but has anybody ever come in and asked for this insurance collision loss booklet? nobody. nobody has ever come in. zero. nada. nobody has come in and asked for this booklet. now, here's the deal. dealers have to have this booklet available. if somebody asks for it, you can't provide it, there's a fine of $1,000 per occurrence with a max of $400,000. that's what the fine is capped at. if someone comes in the showroom, asks for the booklet, don't have it, you get fined $1,000. the government caps it at $400,000. so when you look at these things, again, the unintended consequences have such a dire affect on

nhtsa has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars distributing this booklet over the past 21 years.e this value tissue while this information is of value to insurance actuaries, it has been of little or no use

he's asking nhtsa, that agency, to relook at all the data and reinvestigate sudden acceleration. here's why, anderson. he says it was too narrow in scope and the senator also says he has whistle blowers coming forward to him, saying that that nhtsa investigation may have been flawed. that's senator grassley's words. he wants to take another look at it. there have been 9,600 or so reported cases of this. you know, last march, we reported on your show, anderson about an internal testing document we got out of toyota, which seemed to indicate to us and a lot of electrical engineers we talked to that they did find electrical sudden intended acceleration in one of its proto-type vehicles. toyota says that is not the case. the key thing is, we don't have any evidence that test was part of the government's review. we'll see what happens. senator grassley asking for a whole nother investigation into unintended acceleration with toyota vehicles. >> appreciate the update. we received a statement from a toyota spokesman. there's no problem with the electronic throttle control systems in toy

right now nhtsa has not proposed making them mandatory it plans to gather more information about costnd reliability before going down that road. >>> 4:49. new poll released this morning shows americans divided on last week's u.s. supreme court court ruling on the federal health care law. 43% see the law as favorable, 42% see it unfavorably. when it comes to president obama's plans for the health care system 45% favorably, 48 you ever favorable view . >>> widespread power outages and stifling heat continue to playing the midwest and mid atlantic states heat blamed for eight deaths in maryland the number of people killed 22. tahman bradley reports from washington. >> reporter: the misery continues. brutal temperatures are expected again today adding to the agony for millions still without power still without air conditioning. yesterday 45 states hit 90s or above, many soared past 100. >> [ inaudible ] i usually expect a burst of cool air now it is just hotness. >> reporter: this entire neighborhood in randalls town, maryland in the dark. >> it has been hot, dangerously who >> reporter:

nhtsa says this problem affects nearly 107,000 suvs. chrysler says it's fully cooperating with both investigations. >>> it's no secret all of those extra airline fees tack on billions of dollars in profits. this morning we know which airline is pocketing the most money. a report from ie dee works sponsored by a travel group called am may discusses found united topped the list at $0.2 billion. american is third with just over $2 billion. delta was second with $2.5 billion. qantas was fourth and southwest fifth. speaking of airlines raking in the dough, airfares on the rise for some domestic routes. after a three-month break, airplane tickets are going up between $4 and $10. united led the way with the latest price increase late last week. the rest of the major airlines including delta, american and southwest all followed suit. this is the fourth time airfares have increased this year. however, next month many airlines plan to actually slash fares by 10% to 20% just in time for fall shoulder -- fall season, the shoulder season as they cal

the nhtsa is focusing the investigation on the suvs from the year's 2001 to 2004 model years that had v-6 engines. >>> the daughter of robert f. kennedy speaking out following a not guilty plea in her dui arrest and changing her story as well. initially kerry kennedy said friday's crash happened after she accidentally took an ambien pill instead of a thyroid pill. but now she says she suffered a seizure and doesn't remember anything the moments leading up to the wreck. >>> it looks like we're going there. possibly, triple digits again. >> tom kierein is here to tell us more about this bad news we're going to have to endure today. >> it was so hot yesterday afternoon i couldn't even finish my tweets. i got halfway -- >> just gave out. >> right. >> oh, man. >> boy, it's another -- today, though, unlike yesterday, going to be even more humid. so it's going to feel even hotter. we did get to 100 yesterday. and right now we've got more humidity in the air. but it's pleasant. this is going to be the most comfortable part of the day over the next couple of hour or so. we're in the 70s most o

nhtsa has received 99 complaints. agency says there were 13 crashes, one death and nine injuries. the throttles on the suv's can fail to return to idle when the driver takes foot off gas. no recall issued. >>> pilots at united airlines can go on strike after two years of failed negotiations on a new contract. the pilots' social says 99% of the airlines' -- pilots voted to authorize a strike mediators would have to gift okay before pilots -- would have to give the okay before pilots could walk off the job if the board conclude as agreement could not be reached it could call for a 30 day cooling-off period after which the strike could begin. >>> facebook takes another step from the social arena to political an reason name users in washington state will be ridge erred to vote on facebook, like -- registered to vote on facebook. washington officials say this is a way to leverage power of friends to get more people registered. the state is the first to offer voter registration on facebook. >>> i've decided to introduce mik

right now nhtsa has not proposed making these technologies mandatory it plans to gather more informationt cost and reliability. forward collision avoidance right now costs about $1200. >>> 5:50. oakland police and a group of parents protesting closure of lakeview school are headed for another confrontation. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene. >> reporter: the confrontation is underway, about 4:00 this morning district police and oakland pd moved into the lakeview school where protesters have occupied this building for two weeks. behind me you can see some of the people outside the building protesting the fact that five schools are going to be closed in the oakland unified school district. inside between 15 and 20 people perhaps in there or were in there right now there are fewer than that we are told at least two people want to be arrested for trespassing. they want to be arrested by police and escorted out as a symbol of this movement. again, all of this the result of the plan to close five schools. we can see a number of oakland police officers down there i'd say at least 10 police c

nhtsa says the problem affects nearly 107,000 suvs.hrysler says it will cooperate fully with both investigations. >>> airfare is on the rise yet again for some domestic routes. after a three-month break, plane tickets are going up between 4 and ten bucks. united led the way. the rest of the major airlines followed suit including delta, american, southwest. this is the fourth time they have increased this year. however, next month the airlines plan to slash fares on their cheapest seats by 20% to 40% just in time for the fall season. >>> coming up, looking for a bargain? daily deals coming up next. >> a deck collapse over the weekend left several people hurt. coming up next, some things to look for to make sure your deck is up to snuff. >>> it is 5:38. less humidity than yesterday but still on the muggy side with temperatures running in the low to mid-70s. a cold front coming will bring drier air but won't happen till later today and tonight. another warm day as temperatures quickly rise into the 90s by noon. highs could be 94, 95. a th

the nhtsa is to focusing the investigation on the suvs from 2001 to 2004 model years that have v-6 enginesty cameras helped save a woman who tried to take a wheelchair up an escalator at a boston subway station. take a look at this. right as she tried to go up there you saw the chair tape backwards and she fell out falling back down thees ask later and the wheelchair toppled on top of her. other subway riders ran to help her up and work her up. the worker watching the whole thing unfold on the security camera immediately shut off the escalator and the woman was not seriously hurt there. a spokesman for the boston subway says a working elevator was just 50 feet away. >>> switch to sports now. at 6:19. robert grif vin iii will not likely be on the playing field for the redskins second day of rookie camp. rgiii hasn't signed his contract which will keep him out of action for the time being but griffin isn't considered a holdout. doesn't mean rgiii isn't a busy man right now. adidas just released this video of the quarterback. it focusing on griffin getting into the head of his opponents. defe

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well, nhtsa will tell us that residual mouth alcohol will last up to 20 minutes.over they are vun your license and given you three physical tests. that residual mouth alcohol is gone. that makes this product completely unnecessary. besides the fact that. >> just one second. larry, your law firm specializes in helping people who have been accused of dwi. do you find there are often these false positives? is that a big problem? >> well, any breath test manufacturer would tell you that mouth alcohol has always been a problem with breath testing. and police officers are trained not to rely solely on the breath test in the field. that's why at the station the breath tests are designed to be a litigation bit more accurate and there still always have been problems with mouth alcohol it did lead to higher than somebody's true alcohol level. may show higher alcohol than somebody's body. if you are foolish to believe this product is going to get you out of a dui you probably deserve to be cited with a du glimplet give people false confidence to get behind the wheel. >> sure