Center in Action

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 …

“For several years now, the Center for Auto Safety has been calling for federal action to address the obvious risks of using misleading terms like ‘AutoPilot’ and ‘Full Self Driving’ for what has now repeatedly been shown to be a lethal driver assist system — not a replacement for drivers,” …

Center for Auto Safety Statement regarding: National Transportation Safety Board Hearing on Two Fatal Tesla Crashes February 25, 2020 Today’s headlines are going to be about Tesla and NTSB.  But the real villain in this story is the leadership at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who, by failing to …

McAfee’s study “highlights the significant dangers that an over-reliance on this kind of technology to drive a 4,000-pound vehicle on public streets without regulation or supervision,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. “AutoPilot is a misleading term that can easily create a hazard for those …

“This is NTSB crying out for NHTSA to do something, and it seems to be availing itself of the only real mechanism it has to do that, which is to publish detailed reports that lead technical experts to understand what is rather obvious: Which is that there’s a problem here,” …

“It’s not clear whether NHTSA is doing something right or doing something wrong. We’re just not sure what they’re doing,” – Jason Levine, Executive Director, The Center for Auto Safety “It’s happening enough that you could point to this as a manufacturer and say, you know we’ve got an issue …

Center for Auto Safety Statement regarding: House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on: Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Vehicle Technologies February 11, 2020 “The Center for Auto Safety firmly believes Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology will play a significant role in a …

The Center for Auto Safety’s Executive Director Jason Levine doesn’t buy it. “Once you discover that it is the brakes, you do everything you can to notify everyone and that shouldn’t take (CEO) Mary Barra to weigh in,” said Levine. “That’s a low-level decision.” by Jamie L. LaReau Feb 6, …

January 21, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Jason Levine, jlevine@autosafety.org, 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Achieves Victory for Transparency and Consumer Safety; Federal Government Makes Manufacturer Service Bulletins Available as Required by Law On January 13, after an almost 4 year legal battle, the Center for Auto Safety dismissed its …

“It seems impossible we’ve arrived in 2020 with no action from the federal government to protect the American people from thousands of unproven, driverless vehicles being tested on public roads,” Jason Levine, executive director at the Center for Auto Safety, said. “Worse, it’s unimaginable that nothing has been done to …