WASHINGTON (May 13, 2015) — The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is urging its members to contact relevant committee members in Congress and ask them to remove tire registration language from the Obama administration's transportation funding bill, also known as the “GROW America Act.”
TIA's action is directed specifically at Section 4112, titled “Tire Registration by Independent Sellers,” which appears on page 189 of the bill, according to TIA Executive Vice President Roy Littlefield in the May 11 issue of TIA's Weekly Legislative Update.
If passed, Section 4112 would give the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) authority to change the current voluntary tire registration standard, according to Mr. Littlefield.
“It's reasonable to assume that NHTSA would require the distributor or dealer to maintain the records and electronically transmit the information to the manufacturer at no cost to the consumer,” Mr. Littlefield said.