NHTSA Complaint #10633791 — 2000 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS

I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, A LARGER GMC DUALLY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH WHEN THE OTHER VEHICLE ENTERED MY LANE AT NEAR OR EQUAL SPEED AND STRUCK ME HEAD ON. I HAD TIME TO REACT BY STOMPING THE BRAKES BUT I SEEMED TO NOT SLOW DOWN. I HAD NO WHERE TO TURN ALL POSSIBLE LANES OF AVOIDANCE WERE BLOCKED WITH SMALLER CARS. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY... IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BY LAW CARS/LIGHT TRUCKS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE AIRBAGS IF THEY ARE 1998 OR NEWER. I UNDERSTAND A LIGHT TRUCK TO BE UP TO 8,600 LBS GROSS WEIGHT WITH PAYLOAD. THIS STANDARD INCLUDES MY TRUCK, I SUSTAINED SEVER INJURIES TO MY NECK/CHEST AND RUPTURED DISCS IN MY BACK RESULTING IN EMERGENCY BACK SURGERY. IF I HAD AIRBAGS I AM SURE MY INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NEARLY AS SERVER AND I MY HAVE NOT LOST SO MUCH. SOMEONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE YOU CAN OFFER ME. THANK YOU *TR