Chrysler says that the design of the gas tank cited by NHTSA -- placed behind the rear axle -- is a commonly accepted design used in many other vehicles. It also says that the fatal accidents that occurred involving the vehicles were almost all high-speed, high-energy accidents in which a different design would have made no difference.
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The following letter was recently received and is available on the county website at: https://www.boarddocs.com/il/boone/Board.nsf/files/98BL3K5404E2/$file/5-28-13%20letter%20from%20Tollway_201305310928.pdf
Please note paragraph 2 in which the Tollway acknowledges they are responsible for the bridge. There was some debate about this fact earlier.
Read the Chief’s letter at: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/possible-bridge-teardown-threatens.html
This is a continuation of the following posts: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-township-readies-response-to.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/possible-bridge-teardown-threatens.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/05/boone-countys-letter-to-tollway.html
