Center in Action

January 13, 2020 With almost 40,000 crash deaths and over 2.5 million serious injuries a year, there is no time to waste in moving forward towards deploying safe vehicle technology, be it autonomous or otherwise.  The Center for Auto Safety firmly believes AV technology will play a significant role in …

“By continuing to allow manufacturers to test whatever technology they want, wherever they want, and promoting industry-written voluntary standards while failing to issue mandatory government standards, DOT (Department of Transportation) is making the long-term public acceptance of AV technology less likely,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center …

“At some point, the question becomes: How much evidence is needed to determine that the way this technology is being used is unsafe?” said Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety in Washington. “In this instance, hopefully these tragedies will not be in vain and will …

“One of the questions and things to watch in the next 10 years is were lessons learned or are manufacturers going to try and set the clock backwards?” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington-based nonprofit watchdog organization. DETROIT — Mary Barra became one of …

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., …

December 19, 2019 Today, the Center for Auto Safety submitted a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in response to General Motors’ (GM) fourth submission of additional information relating to GM’s Petition for Inconsequentiality regarding defective Takata airbag inflators in millions of their vehicles, including some of GM’s …

Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit advocacy group, said it’s too early to tell if the automakers are dragging their feet on the recalls. But he says the investigation “highlights the need for aggressive oversight both by NHTSA and by the companies themselves in …

Jason Levine, director of the Center for Auto Safety, said that he was glad to see the settlement but that NHTSA ought to be doing more to routinely monitor recall programs. “One can only hope that this is the beginning of a renewed effort by the government to remember that …

A Tesla on Autopilot slammed into two vehicles on Saturday, one of which was a Connecticut State Police cruiser, officials said. The driver of the Tesla told police that he put the car on Autopilot because he was checking on his dog in the backseat, according to a statement from Connecticut State …

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