Issues
Congress Still Has A Shot At Getting Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Right
“The amendment fails to provide consumer protection and instead essentially creates a fast-track process for manufacturers to attest that their driverless vehicle is no more safe than the least safe vehicle on the road today, before being permitted to sell tens of thousands of them and turning them loose in our neighborhoods,” [Levine] said in…
Investigation underway after 2 killed in fiery Tesla crash
“These electric vehicle battery fires are very different than your combustion engine fires where you’re dealing with gasoline as the source of the combustion,” said Jason Levine.
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…
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…