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The Register’s Editorial: Feds’ auto safety agency needs to get in gear – 11/2/14
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/11/03/registers-editorial-david-friedman-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration/18394701/
Toyota Fined $1.2 Billion for Misleading NHTSA over Sudden Acceleration
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NHTSA Foreign Recall Campaign Lookup
Click here to visit NHTSA’s Foreign Recall Campaign Search Page
The Foreign Campaigns Search Engine permits searches of manufacturer foreign campaigns that involve substantially similar products offered for sale in the United States.
Imperfect Hands-Free Systems Causing Potentially-Unsafe Driver Distractions
AAA Urges Manufacturers to Focus on Accuracy and Usability to Reduce Cognitive Distraction
Now, it’s NHTSA under fire
Lawmakers blast failures in GM crisis, want reform
WASHINGTON — In a rare display of consensus here, Republicans, Democrats and safety advocates are coming to the conclusion that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is in dire need of reform — even if they can’t convince the agency of that.
Safety Watchdogs Press for Disclosure in Guardrail Lawsuit
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Two public-safety advocacy groups want a Texas judge to unseal court records they say are unnecessarily being kept secret in a whistleblower lawsuit that questions the safety of thousands of highway guardrail end caps made by a division of Trinity Industries Inc.
Comments of Consumers Union and Center for Auto Safety to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications
Click here to view the Consumer’s Union and CAS Comment on V2V Communications