Issues
ARCCA Petition for Rulemaking on NHTSA Seating System Regulations, FMVSS 207
ARCCA PETITIONS THE NHTSA TO PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN REAR-END COLLISIONS
Alan Cantor of ARCCA submitted a petition to NHTSA in 1989 r
How a small White House agency stalls life-saving regulations
The little-known Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs can delay, rewrite or kill rules mandated by Congress, and as the case of requiring rearview cameras on cars shows, it often uses that power.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – But for a small, little-known White House agency, Melissa Helcher might not have killed Clark Biddle in a Columbus, Ohio, parking lot on a cold February day this year.
CAS Statement on Takata Consent Decree and Fine
November 3, 2015
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Takata Deserves Criminal Penalties
Volkswagen Failed to Report Fatal Incident to Regulator
Volkswagen AG failed to report at least one death and three injuries involving its vehicles to a U.S. regulator’s database designed to save lives by spotting possible defects.
Lawsuits concerning the accidents, filed over the last eight years, weren’t found in records kept by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in searches by Bloomberg and financial adviser Stout Risius Ross Inc. Automakers are required by law to report all claims of possible vehicle defects to the NHTSA database.
Vehicle Owners Given Legal Access to Computer Software in Their Cars
Click here to view the full CBS News story and video The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study found using the voice-controlled system in cars that syncs to smartphones can distract drivers long enough to go not one football field, but three, once they’ve finished using it, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave.
Immediate Release:
Hands-free technology in cars hardly danger-free, study finds
Vehicle Safety Inspections: Improved DOT Communication Could Better Inform State Programs
Vehicle Safety Inspections:
Improved DOT Communication Could Better Inform State Programs
GAO-15-705, Published: Aug 25, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 25, 2015.