Issues
A more than decade-long delay in a seat belt warning system shows how car-safety rules get bogged down in bureaucracy
“There are certain rules that seem to take significantly longer than anyone could possibly explain,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. “The rear seat belt reminder rule is amongst the best examples of that.” … Levine said the new measures put Europe a decade ahead of the United States. “As…
Confusing tech terminology, lack of safety rules big themes of federal meetings on AVs
“The federal government is actively encouraging a corporate laboratory experiment where real people are unknowingly being used as crash dummies,” Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in a statement. “The federal government has done nothing to provide AV safety oversight in the 18 months since Elaine Herzberg’s death from a…
Opinion: We need autonomous vehicle laws
It is downright embarrassing, and frankly dangerous, that the U.S. government has delegated to car companies, and the technology industry, any consequential decisions about the next 100 years of cars and safety. For example, Wednesday, the United States Senate held a hearing on “Federal Perspectives” on autonomous vehicle technology. One might have expected Congress to…
Tesla Could Deliver ‘Full Self Driving’ Within Weeks. Here’s What That Means for Drivers—and Tesla’s Stock
Jason K. Levine, Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety, does not believe that trust is warranted. “Based on Tesla’s cavalier attitude up until now when it comes to quality control, the safety of their [systems], or educating consumers regarding the limitations of their technology,” he says, “There is nothing that should lead anyone…
Ambulances not repaired years after safety recalls
“You don’t want a recalled ambulance picking you up,’’ said Jason Levine, executive director for the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, D.C., which has pushed to have safety recall information be available to the public. “You want something that’s been in prime condition and maintained.” EMS companies in metro Atlanta have been operating dozens of…
‘I’m paying for a deathtrap!’ Used cars sold in Tampa Bay with unrepaired safety recalls
“These aren’t cosmetic issues,” Levine said. “These aren’t for rusting paint or where you don’t like the way the car looks. These are safety issues…The manufacturers that make vehicles that require recalls, that have these defects or violate federal law, they’re on the hook,” Levine said. “They’re the ones who need to be getting those…
Feds investigating popular SUV for unexpectedly braking by itself
“We started seeing people saying it was braking for no apparent reason, and that’s really scary and potentially very dangerous,” said Center for Automotive Safety executive director Jason Levine. “We told them this needs to be investigated and there probably needs to be a recall here because this vehicle is braking when it shouldn’t be.”…