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    {"title" :"The SaferCar App","summary" : "The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has created a new iOS app that provides real-time vehicle safety information to consumers from NHTSA’s SaferCar.gov site The new SaferCar app gives consumers immediate access to key safety information to","date" : "2013-04-18T09:15:20-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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