Issues
CAS Petitions NHTSA Over Cell Phone Use
The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitions the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to take action to restrict the availability of two-way communication features through in-vehicle telematic systems while a vehicle is in motion. The purpose of this petition is to make the driving environment safer by reducing the availability of devices that have been proven to be traffic hazards.
Click here to view the CAS petition to NHTSA (.PDF)
Landmark Documents
Ford Thick Film Ignition Modules
California Superior Court Decision – 10/11/2000
NHTSA to Ford re: Responses to TFI Investigations – 1/28/98
School Bus Safety
1974 CAS Petition to NHTSA to Requires Seat Belts on Buses
Ford Pinto
In Aid Filing, G.M. Reduces Fuel Economy Estimate
Feb. 27, 2009
By John M. Broder and Micheline Maynard
…Environmentalists said they were not happy with any sign that G.M. might be backtracking.
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Our Mission
The goal of the Safe Climate Campaign is to fight global warming by slashing greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this we run a tough advocacy campaign to accomplish three broad, mutually reinforcing interim goals: