Ron J. Melancon - Comment

Ron J. Melancon President www.dangeroustrailers.org 8898 Castle Point Drive Glen Allen, VA 23060 804-837-0086 Dear Safety Concerned Advocate: Over the past week our Government announced a groundbreaking new lifesaving measure which will help save lives. This initiative involved the hart work and dedication of Kids and Cars.org and the Gulbransen Family. We note that this action is in the direct response of the data collected by the above mentioned organizations where we note these facts: We have 250 Million Vehicles in the United States and 298 lives were lost and 18,000 injured....By Back Over Accidents and a goal was completed and by the year 2014 every new vehicle will include a mandated rear view camera. Our organization has been collecting data on "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers" for over 8 years and have been seen by an official at NHSTA and have made our concerns known with these facts. We have almost 40 million Utility, Boat, Horse and Homemade trailers registered in the United States that caused 379 lives to be lost and over 20,810 Injuries just in 2009. Since 1975 over 15,525 lives have been lost and Since 1988 over 495,853 Injured by this class of vehicles. With all things being equal and we had the same number of Vehicles as Trailers then our loss of life would be 2,400 verses 298 and Injuries 120,000 verses 18,000. We simply ask why no action has taken place with "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers" Just this month alone we note that a Father Lost His life in Washington by a "Loose Boat Trailer" Florentino Tabafunda of Bainbridge Island and this week Maria Quinones-Medrano, a 47 year old female lost her life this past week in California by a failure of "Every Safety System" when a power company's trailer snapped its chains. Again Both by Loose Trailers. In closing we simply ask who is preventing and we quote an insurance agent " I saw the pix and read your story and It really amazes me why there has not been any traction on this subject. We ask the same question to Ray LaHood. Sincerely, Ron J. Melancon