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Safety groups, unions urge US to fix recalled gov’t vehicles
“This practice endangers the lives of tens of thousands of federal employees and all who share the roadway environment with them,” the groups wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden. By Associated Press April 15, 2021 DETROIT — More than a dozen consumer groups and three federal employee unions are asking the U.S. government…
Lawmakers, unions: Bill aims to protect feds from dangerous vehicles
“If you’re allowing federal employees to drive around in recalled vehicles, you’re not just putting the driver in danger, you’re putting everyone on the road who shares the road with those cars in danger,” Said Jason Levine. By FEND Staff April 5, 2021 Does your federal job involve using a government vehicle? If so, to…
Investigation: 25,000 government cars have open safety recalls that could endanger drivers
CAS Executive Director Jason Levine said, “There is no reason for the Federal Government to be trafficking in dangerous unrepaired vehicles under recall, yet that is the case today. Federal employees, and everyone with whom they share the road, are being put at risk daily by the tens of thousands of recalled vehicles they are…
Carmakers Strive to Stay Ahead of Hackers
“We should rate vehicles for cybersecurity, the same way we rate them for crash protection,” said Jason K. Levine March 18, 2021 By Eric A. Taub In your garage or driveway sits a machine with more lines of code than a modern passenger jet. Today’s cars and trucks, with an internet link, can report the…
Safety TuneUp Reports User Agreement
Safety TuneUp Reports User Agreement OVERVIEW This page contains the User Agreement (“Agreement”) between you and Center for Auto Safety (“Center”), the nonprofit publisher of Safety TuneUp Reports, which are generated from data contained within the Vehicle Safety Check on the Center for Auto Safety website. The term “Safety TuneUp Reports” as it is used…
NHTSA Cyber ‘Best Practices’ Do Not Make Perfect
March 15, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Jason Levine, [email protected] NHTSA Cyber ‘Best Practices’ Do Not Make Perfect Today, the Center for Auto Safety submitted a response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s request for comments to NHTSA’s “Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles,” (NHTSA 2020 Cyber Practices). In 2016, NHTSA…
Bentley’s U.S. Recall Covers Just One $259,000 Flying Spur Sedan
“A recall of just one vehicle happens about once a year or so, but keep in mind it is a defect no matter how many cars are affected,” Jason Levine said. By Keith Laing March 1, 2021 4:39pm The American owner of a rare, $259,000 British sedan is getting something even rarer: a recall involving…
Rear Impact Guards and Rear Impact Protection Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
March 1, 2021 DOT Docket No. FMCSA–2019-0211 Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation West Building, Ground Floor Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 Filed via www.regulations.gov. Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Rear Impact Guards and Rear Impact Protection Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 85 Federal Register 85571, December 29,…
Trump left a ‘massive’ traffic-safety mess for Biden. Item one: Tesla’s self-driving claims
“Dormant,” said Jason Levine, executive director at the Center for Auto Safety [when describing NHTSA under the Trump Administration]. By Russ Mitchell February 4, 2021 Maybe you’ve seen this viral TikTok video: A young man lies in the back seat of his Tesla, covered in blankets, as the car cruises down the highway. The driver’s seat…
Center for Auto Safety Statement on Federal Framework for Driverless Vehicles
For Immediate Release April 1, 2021 Contact: Jason Levine, [email protected] or 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Statement on Federal Framework for Driverless Vehicles The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) role is not to express a passing interest in what may, or may not, be happening with respect to the potentially most transformational transportation technology since the…