Issues
In Response to CAS Lawsuit, NHTSA Announces Plan to Comply With Law to Post TSBs and Manufacturer Communications to Dealers
March 28, 2016 202-328-7700 In Response to CAS Lawsuit, NHTSA Announces Plan to Comply With Law to Post TSBs and Manufacturer Communications to Dealers Until sued by Center for Auto Safety (CAS), DOT violated the Congressional mandate in the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” (MAP-21) enacted on July 6, 2012 that “the Secretary shall make available on…
GAO Report: Enhanced Project Management of New Information Technology Could Help Improve NHTSA’s Oversight of Safety Defects
Click here to view the GAO Report What GAO Found The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) faces several challenges in its oversight of vehicle safety defects and has initiated or proposed some actions to address them. Challenges include improving data collection and analysis, providing adequate guidance and standard business processes to the staff who…
AEB Memorandum of Understanding
On March 25, 2016, NHTSA published a Memorandum containing commitments from twenty manufacturers on Automatic Emergency Braking. Click here to view the Memorandum of Understanding
‘Bodies Were Ricocheting’ During Indiana School Bus Crash
The Griffith High School boy’s basketball team was on its way to the Indiana state semifinal game on Saturday along I-65 when another motorist spilled a drink on herself, according to the Indiana State Police, and sideswiped the Type C school bus at approximately 12:10 p.m. local time. The bus with 21 students and…
CAS Calls NHTSA-Auto Industry Secret Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Deal a Safety Sellout
March 17, 2016 Today, NHTSA announced an agreement with 20 automakers to introduce Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), without rulemaking or public input. CAS Executive Director Clarence Ditlow Stated: The NHTSA-Industry secret AEB deal is inadequate, unenforceable and expensive. It allows auto companies to charge whatever they can get away with in an options package until 2022. The test speeds should have included the 40-mph test speed in NHTSA’s Automatic Collision Warning System as the high speed. If auto companies…
Consumer Groups Ask DOT Secretary Foxx and NHTSA Administrator Rosekind for Transparency in Autonomous Vehicle Rules
Click here to view Foxx Rosekind Letter Autonomous Vehicle Transparency
CAS Letter to Maryland Environment and Transportation Committee in Support of HB982
Click here to view the CAS Letter on Maryland HB 982 – March 2, 2016
Congressional Investigation Finds Widespread Manipulation of Takata Airbag Inflator Test Data
Congressional Investigation Finds Widespread Manipulation of Takata Airbag Inflator Test Data
CAS Comments on Proposed Consent Orders with General Motors
February 29, 2016 CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY COMMENTS ON PROPOSED CONSENT ORDERS WITH GENERAL MOTORS (File No.152-3101), LITHIA MOTORS (File No. 152-3102), AND JIM KOONS MANAGEMENT (File No. 152-3104) In the Center for Auto Safety’s (CAS) comments on the Commission’s 2014 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Used Car Rule Regulatory Review (Project No.…