No parking brake holds a vehicle on an incline as well as it does on a decline. The only parking brake system that will hold equally is one that employs the disc brake caliper. Another function of the parking brake system on the Nitro is that they do not self-adjust sufficiently at the drum on their own.
Anti-Price Gouging Laws Hurt Consumers. DATE: August 27, 2007. BACKGROUND: In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 1252), which would make it illegal for gasoline providers to sell their product at unconscionably excessive prices when the President declares an energy emergency..
In late 1946, much of what the OPA had been responsible for was handed over to the Office of Temporary Controls. Money matters were taken over by the Federal Trade Commission. The Office of Price Administration was officially closed on May 29, 1947 after seven years of existence. Much of its work continued however under the auspices of different governmental agencies. For instance, the allocation of sugar and associated products was passed on to the Dept. of Agriculture.