Tire pressure monitoring rule rejected by appeals court.A federal appeals court threw out a regulation requiring tire pressure monitors in vehicles as "arbitrary and capricious capricious adv., adj. unpredictable and subject to whim, often used to refer to judges and judicial decisions which do not follow the law, logic or proper trial procedure. A semi-polite way of saying a judge is inconsistent or erratic. ." The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals eliminated the federal rule, which would have required monitors that alert drivers to underinflated tires in all vehicles made after November. Three nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. consumer advocacy organizations challenged the rule in a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. , saying the government, under pressure from automotive companies, adopted a less safe standard than it should have. The appeals court agreed, noting that the system the government required would have failed half the time to warn drivers when tires were underinflated. The rejected rule would have allowed automakers to choose between a less expensive indirect system that would work off the antilock an·ti·lock adj. Of or being a motor vehicle braking system that electronically monitors and adjusts individual wheel speeds during braking to prevent the wheels from locking. braking system and a more accurate direct system of monitors in each wheel. |
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