RPT-INSIGHT-After bruising safety crisis, US car watchdog shows its bite
May 26, 2015 at 07:00 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss - a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration's policy after a wave of deadly defects.