by Jason Levine, Executive Director, The Center for Auto Safety February 26, 2020 In 2014, in Orlando, Hien Thi Tran was killed by a Takata airbag exploding in her face. We are on the cusp of giant advancements in safety when it comes to cars. In states around America, including …
Read More »February 11, 2020 Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ranking Member Cathy Rodgers Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce 2322 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Autonomous …
Read More »There are many supporters of the Center for Auto Safety and we are grateful for every single one of them. Yet, for the Center to make as big impact as possible in helping to make vehicles safer and help prevent future deaths and injuries from car crashes, it truly takes …
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CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY Statement on Department of Transportation and White House National Science and Technology Council’s “AV 4.0” Document, released January 8, 2020: “AV 4.0 is the perfect encapsulation of the administration’s principles on vehicle safety: say the right words and do the wrong things. Writing the word ‘safety’ …
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“There’s no way for a customer to know,” said Jason Levine, the center’s executive director. Only San Francisco requires cabs to be screened for recalls, he said. “There are no cosmetic recalls. Recalls are only done for safety reasons, defects or a violation of standards,” he said. Click …
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For Immediate Release December 23, 2019 Contact: Jason Levine, jlevine@autosafety.org, 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Calls on Seven Major Cities, Maryland and Michigan to Prohibit Taxis with Unrepaired Recalls from Carrying Passengers Today, the Center for Auto Safety sent letters to the city governments of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., …
Read More »“People [were] saying they were turning it off… The technology can help and does save you and prevents crashes, but only if it’s on and only if it’s working,” said Jason Levine of the Center for Auto Safety. “We want to see this move towards a recall very quickly.” Automatic …
Read More »With the release of the 39th edition of The Car Book—now available online—we’re sharing some of our best tips for car buying and maintaining your vehicle after you buy. The Car Book 2019 provides today’s car buyer with in-depth ratings of the 2019 vehicles, The Car Book’s unique crash test …
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Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety in Washington, D.C., said the federal regulatory agency has traditionally been, and remains, an underfunded and understaffed safety agency. “Even in the best of times, this limits their ability to identify hard to find defects. And these aren’t the best of …
Read More »The people your #GivingTuesday donation will save may not know that YOU made it possible for them to get home safely next Thanksgiving – but you will. The truth is over 36,500 Americans died in car crashes last year; that’s more than 100 every day. For 50 years our independent …
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