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3G shutdown means many Georgia drivers lose car safety features this month
Michael Brooks with the Center for Auto Safety said impacted drivers should be frustrated because features like SOS buttons and automatic crash detection are important. “I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to reduce the quality and efficiency of medical care that folks receive when they’re in crashes and there’s no one else around with…
Recall issued for hundreds of thousands of Kias, Hyundais over fire risk
“It’s hard to ignore if you have that vehicle and you know that you might be putting you or your family at risk every night when you put it in your garage!” Michael Brooks, Center For Auto Safety, said. By Greg Fox, WESH 2 News Orlando February 8, 2022 In a new recall of nearly…
Hyundai, Kia recall nearly 485,000 more vehicles over fire risk
Michael Brooks, the Acting Executive Director with the Center for Auto Safety, said the companies should have issued the recalls sooner. “The replacement and the remedies look similar on all these recalls,” he said. “There have been about three so far now.” By Jackie Callaway February 8, 2022 Hyundai and Kia have announced another recall…
Why Tesla won’t stop
“NHTSA has kind of been playing a game of cat and mouse with Tesla for a number of years now,” explained Michael Brooks, the acting director of the Center for Auto Safety. “Right now, NHTSA seems to be playing a little more active version of a cat.” By Rebecca Heilweil February 4, 2022 Tesla announced…
Tesla’s recall of over 800,000 vehicles in US is ninth in three months.
“Tesla is clearly facing more stringent regulatory oversight in recent months than it has previously been subject to,” Michael Brooks, acting executive director and chief counsel of the Center for Auto Safety, said in an email. “NHTSA needs to go one step further and seek the maximum civil penalty available for Tesla’s continued delay and…
Hyundai and Kia Engine Fire Investigation Updated
NHTSA granted the Center for Auto Safety’s petition to investigate the engine fires and opened two formal investigations into Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe vehicles, and Kia Optima, Sorento and Soul models. By David A. Wood December 28, 2021 A Hyundai and Kia engine fire investigation has been upgraded after the government learned of more…
Time to Take the Wheel
“With one hand they want to say how amazing self-driving technology is going to be, and how it’s all about safety. And on the other hand how impossible even the fundamental building blocks… are just too impossible and will bankrupt them,” said Jason Levine, Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety. The Readback by…
Gaming while driving: Tesla allows it, Mercedes does recall
“We are glad to see Mercedes recall and repair this unreasonable risk to everyone on the road, but would urge NHTSA to move quickly to ensure that all screen-based entertainment distractions are disabled when vehicles are in motion, no matter the manufacturer,” Jason Levine, Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety said. By Tom…
CAS Comments on Change in Maryland Regs to Prohibit Use of Recalled Taxi and Rideshare Vehicles
December 20, 2021 Comments in Favor of Proposed Amendments to Regulation .16 under COMAR 20.90.02 Taxicabs — Control and Operation & Regulation .11 under COMAR 20.95.01 General The Center for Auto Safety (Center) is writing today to urge the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve the proposed revisions to Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)…