Issues
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
Silver Spring Pedestrian Dies 2 Months After Accident
SILVER SPRING, MD — An elderly Silver Spring man died Sunday from injuries he suffered two months ago when he was struck by a car while walking across a street, authorities say. The victim was identified Monday as Patrick Yip Yang, 82, of the 2000 block of Aventurine Way in Silver Spring. Montgomery County Police…
Industry initiatives to prevent drinking and driving lack evidence of effectiveness
Researchers find that the most effective interventions, such as use of sobriety checkpoints and ignition interlocks, are rarely used in industry-sponsored programs
The majority of the alcohol industry’s actions around the world to reduce drinking and driving either lack evidence of effectiveness or haven’t been studied, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.
CAS 2016 letter to the DOT and NHTSA regarding the Chrysler in Jeep Fire Case
February 19, 2016 The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 The Honorable Mark Rosekind Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx & Administrator Rosekind, The most lethal vehicle safety defect in America today…
CAS Asks DOT Secretary Foxx and NHTSA Administrator Rosekind to Reopen Jeep Investigation in View of New Jeep Fire Deaths
February 19, 2016
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CAS Asks DOT Secretary Foxx and NHTSA Administrator Rosekind to Reopen Jeep Investigation
Jeep Fire Deaths Since NHTSA Jeep Recall Request in June 2013 Exceed All Takata Deaths
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.…