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The latest court briefs filed on behalf of those fighting P2P networks Grokster and Morpheus include support from singers Don Henley , Sheryl Crow and Avril Lavigne , as well as entertainment giants such as the National Football League . While this increase is significant it is two to twenty times smaller than the claims rates of the previously recalled tires . Goodyear is much better , and the reason primarily was driven by - - and we did it on many other components , other than tires , that is , to have a single design source for major components , because you do n't want to go engineering , validating , testing multiple sources . And just to take this information and suddenly give it to the press without a full understanding - - let me just finish . Opera has been testing the free browser software since last October . I know there was a problem in the Firestone - - I think it was the Decatur , Illinois plant - - and there was a recall of those tires , and we assumed it was rectified and the American consumers were safe again . The climate issue , where more of the Firestone tires in the southern hot areas - - which we all understand is very important in this issue - - than the Goodyear tires on the Explorers ? That 's not surprising , Madden said , given how prevalent use of those tools is and the rapid growth of high-speed Web access . Just to assist the Chair and the members of the committee , Mr. Tauzin is quoted in the press this morning as having said as follows : Representative Billy Tauzin , R ., LA , the committee chairman , said congressional investigators have analyzed the failure rates of replacement tires Ford is using , including using those made by Michelin , Continental , Goodyear , General , BFGoodrich , and Uniroyal , and found some failed more often than the Firestone Wilderness AT tires Ford recalled last month . So - - I mean , that 's what I 'm trying to get at because it 's that decision on your part , on that test dealing with temperature , which is - - I am from Florida - - is a very important test . I would like to say , however , based on your question , that decision was made in 1994 , I believe . We're giving this information to NHTSA , but our investigators tell us that one of those tires , one of the replacement tires , has a claims rate of 124 per million , way in excess of the 5 per million that you indicated to us was the benchmark for this recall . I would note that some of the information that shows that the new tires from Firestone are safer than other manufacturers comes from a plant where there is no history of manufacturing of those tires at that plant , and as a result , there is no record of failures of tires coming from that plant . The Explorer is involved in 19 percent fewer accidents of all types than the typical sports utility vehicle .