Bridgestone/Firestone Committed to Working
With State Attorneys General
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 25, 2000)
– Bridgestone/Firestone is committed to
working closely with a new group of state attorneys general and consumer
protection agencies that has been formed to address concerns related
to the recent voluntary recall effort, the company said today.
John Lampe, Executive Vice President for Bridgestone/Firestone,
said the company was informed by Tennessee Attorney General Paul G.
Summers that a “multistate working group” has been formed
on the issue.
“We will be meeting with the group later
this week,” Lampe said. “We want them to know that we share
their concern for their citizens’ safety and well being, as well
as the desire to find the root cause of the tire failures that have
occurred.
“We continue to believe that, in the interest
of public safety, the search for answers should focus on both the
vehicle and the tires,” he added.
Lampe said Bridgestone/Firestone “will
be open and fully cooperative with the working group in sharing data
and other background, just as we have with the National Highway Transportation
Safety Administration (NHTSA), Congress and others.”
According to information received by Bridgestone/Firestone,
the current list of states in the multistate working group are: Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington,
West Virginia, Virginia, and Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
