Ana Amélia says she is against postponing ABS brakes and airbags.
According to the senator from PP-RS, the safety and lives of drivers, forced to travel on congested, dangerous, inadequate, and even obsolete Brazilian highways, have become a non-priority issue, with the justification that the measure could further increase inflation in 2014 and raise the average price of domestically produced cars by R$1.
Senate Agency - Senator Ana Amélia (PP-RS) criticized the federal government this Thursday (12), in the Plenary, for postponing until 2016 the start of the obligation for vehicle manufacturers installed in Brazil to install airbags and ABS brakes in vehicles, important safety tools for car users.
- The safety and lives of drivers, forced to travel on Brazil's congested, dangerous, inadequate, and even obsolete highways, have become a non-priority issue, with the justification that the measure could further increase inflation in 2014 and raise the prices of domestic cars by an average of R$1. Prices that are already exorbitant compared to imported cars and compared to prices practiced here in our neighborhood, in Mercosur - he stated.
Bus manufacturers
Ana Amélia also criticized the federal government for the increase in interest rates for the purchase of trucks and buses, announced yesterday. The measure, the senator said, harms the bus manufacturing industry in Rio Grande do Sul.
According to her, bus manufacturers are also facing difficulties due to the fact that the state government has not extended the concessions for intercity transportation, which has created legal uncertainty for the operators of this service, who have stopped ordering new vehicles.