NHTSA News

CAS Statement on NHTSA’s Path Forward for Defects Investigations

Statement on NHTSA’s Path Forward for Defect Investigations
Clarence M. Ditlow, Executive Director

June 5, 2015

Markey, Blumenthal Statement on NHTSA’s “Path Forward”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742

Josh Zembik (Blumenthal) 202-224-6452

Markey, Blumenthal Statement on NHTSA’s “Path Forward”

Safety Chief Rosekind Shifts Defective Car Oversight into Overdrive

by David Morgan

5/25/15

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.

NHTSA’s Rosekind lays down the law, and the industry is rattled

Ryan Beene Twitter

Automotive News

May 24, 2015 – 12:01 am ET

WASHINGTON — As the newly appointed head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mark Rosekind vowed in January to work closely with the auto industry to promote safety — and to hammer companies that stepped out of line.

Five months into his tenure, Rosekind is delivering on that pledge. In a rapid-fire series of actions last week, his agency:

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