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First vehicle designed not to have human driver OK’d by U.S.
“We don’t understand how NHTSA can possibly justify prioritizing this petition over the dozens of actual safety rules and enforcement actions that continue to lay fallow while they plow corporate selected ground,” – Jason Levine, Executive Director, The Center for Auto Safety by Keith Laing February 6, 2020 Washington — A self-driving delivery vehicle with no…
Safety Champion
There are many supporters of the Center for Auto Safety and we are grateful for every single one of them. Yet, for the Center to make as big impact as possible in helping to make vehicles safer and help prevent future deaths and injuries from car crashes, it truly takes Safety Champions. Your generosity will…
Safety advocate drops lawsuit after service bulletins get posted on NHTSA site
For years, car companies kept consumers in the dark about the existence of vital repairs for defects that often were available for free,” Jason Levine, the center’s executive director, said in a statement. “The center fought for decades against secret warranties and other dirty tricks of the auto manufacturers in order to bring technical service…
Center for Auto Safety Statement on White House and DOT "AV 4.0" Document
CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY Statement on Department of Transportation and White House National Science and Technology Council’s “AV 4.0” Document, released January 8, 2020: “AV 4.0 is the perfect encapsulation of the administration’s principles on vehicle safety: say the right words and do the wrong things. Writing the word ‘safety’ 123 times does not make…
FTC Fuel Economy Advertising Guidelines Comment
Comments of Consumer Federation of America, Center for Auto Safety Evan Johnson Center for Auto Safety 1825 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 330 Washington, DC 20009 Jack Gillis Consumer Federation of America 1620 I St. NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 We appreciate the opportunity to comment in this long and important rulemaking. We also appreciate…
December News
When CBS Evening News, the Washington Post, the Detroit Free Press, Automotive News, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, or local TV News stations across the country need to turn to a reliable, consumer focused, car safety expert why is The Center for Auto Safety so often their first call? It’s simple really: Since 1970 we have been an honest, relentless voice willing to…
Many taxi companies in U.S. aren’t required to fix cabs after safety recalls
“There’s no way for a customer to know,” said Jason Levine, the center’s executive director. Only San Francisco requires cabs to be screened for recalls, he said. “There are no cosmetic recalls. Recalls are only done for safety reasons, defects or a violation of standards,” he said. Click here to view the full story from…
Center Comments on General Motors Petitions to Avoid Takata Airbag Inflator Recalls
Center Comment on General Motors Third Petition for Inconsequentiality – May 9, 2018 Center Letter Regarding GM Investigation Submission – July 10, 2018 Center Letter Addressing GM’s Fourth Petition for Inconsequentiality – December 19, 2019
CAS letter to NHTSA regarding a General Motors’ Fourth Takata Inconsequentiality petition
December 19, 2019 Docket Management Facility, M-30 U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE West Building, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov RE: Docket No. NHTSA 2016-0124-0305: General Motors LLC Fourth GM Petition for Inconsequentiality re: GMT9001 The Center for Auto Safety (“Center”) once again is submitting a letter to…
CAS Letter on Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Vehicle Technologies Hearing
February 11, 2020 Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ranking Member Cathy Rodgers Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce 2322 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of…