The Auto Industry Fights Against Safety

Automatic Emergency Braking is proven to save lives but the auto industry whines that it is too hard.

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Self Driving Car Fan Fiction

Autonomous vehicles are more fan fiction than a safer alternative to human drivers.

Lobbyists for Autonomous Vehicle companies (Waymo, GM Cruise, Amazon, Apple, etc.) are scrambling across every state in America to promote unproven benefits of AVs, and to craft state and federal laws that favor AV manufacturers, putting consumers at risk and keeping local authorities powerless.

For over 50 years the Center for Auto Safety has worked to make cars safer.

The Center for Auto Safety is dedicated to improving vehicle safety, quality, and fuel economy on behalf of all drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.

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Historic Cases

On June 9, 1978, Ford Motor Company agreed to recall 1.5 million Ford Pinto and 30,000 Mercury Bobcat sedan and hatchback models for fuel tank design defects which made the vehicles susceptible to fire in the of a moderate-speed rear end collision.

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The side saddle fuel tank design installed in over 10 million trucks – all 1973-87 General Motors full-size pickups and cab-chassis trucks (pickups without beds) and some 1988-91 dual cab or RV chassis – is the worst auto crash fire defect in the history of the U.S. Department of Transportation.