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Jan. 13.
• Pressure from the federal government, which will require all vehicles to have air bags unless state’s accounting for two-thirds of the country’s population adopts mandatory belt laws by April 1, 1989.
The House committee approved the bill on Thursday after a joint public hearing it held with the Senate Transportation Committee, chaired by Sen. Charles L. Waddell (D-Loudoun/Fairfax), who favors the bill.
Testimony for the bill came from emergency room doctors, the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia State Police and a man who said he might not be paralyzed today if he
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