Automakers to mafe regulations about safety of cars. They will do it themselves rather than wait for a long time for the government to do it.
Chula Vista police announced Tuesday they plan to staff a DUI checkpoint over New Year’s weekend to nab drivers who overindulge and get behind the wheel. The checkpoint will be in operation from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday. Police did not say where in Chula Vista the checkpoint would be located.
The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss - a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration's policy after a wave of deadly defects.