Over the past couple of months, many carmakers were fined by the US government for failing to comply with their laws and regulations. Some carmakers paid the price for exaggerating their vehicle’s fuel mileage while other carmakers simply fell short in meeting the local safety standards.
In Ferrari’s case, they have been slapped with a $35million penalty for failing to submit reports concerning vehicle defects, injuries and customer complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as requested by law.
Transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, revealed that Ferrari should have known better than trying to get around the law. The lad added that it is their primary priority to keep drivers safe and with Ferrari failing to produce the information, it simply hides the trouble faced by road users.
Upon declaring, NHTSA revealed that they discovered that Ferrari has been hiding three fatal crashes. The first is a 2005 crash in Illinois involving a 360 Spider. The second is a 2006 accident in Germany involving a F430 and the third is a 2009 F430 Spider crash in California.
Ferrari head-honchoes from Italy arrived here in the US yesterday to pay up the sum. Also, the head of the company is applying new norms at their office in the US, so as to comply with the government regulations and procedures in the future.
