Issues
Driving to Safety: How Many Miles of Driving Would It Take to Demonstrate Autonomous Vehicle Reliability?
Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety, according to a new RAND report. Under even the most-aggressive test driving assumptions, it would take existing fleets of autonomous vehicles tens and even hundreds…
School bus accidents in Fairfax, Maryland revive seat belt issue
Three crashes involving school buses in Virginia and Maryland on Wednesday and Thursday left at least 11 students and a police officer injured and claimed the life of the driver that reportedly crashed into a school bus that was not carrying any students at the time. In a tragic coincidence, an elderly driver also was…
List of 2014-2015 Software Recalls
As vehicles become more reliant on computers and electronic equipment, nearly 1 in 10 recalls in 2015 was software related. Click here to view Software Recalls 2014-15
Evidence Mounts of Distraction Risks from Digital Billboards Along Roadways
Digital billboards clearly catch the eye of passing motorists. But what is also increasingly clear is that such distractions can heighten safety risks in heavy traffic and other complex driving conditions, a long-time roadway researcher says. That conclusion by Jerry Wachtel, a traffic safety consultant and one-time Federal Highway Administration staffer, came from his recent…
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…