U.S. Auto Safety Agency Faces Backlog of Rules and Missed Deadlines October 19, 2021 By Hope Yen and Tom Krisher After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if...
Infrastructure Bill Includes Safety Technology Mandates for Cars, Trucks August 3, 2021 By Keith Laing and Lillianna Byington New cars will be required to have technology to detect drunk drivers and a system to keep children from being...
House Democrats Ask Why Auto Safety Rules Are Delayed September 17, 2020 By David Shepardson Three senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday asked government auditors to study why U.S. auto safety...
Safety Agency Pulls Obama Proposal to Require Event Data Recorders in Cars, Trucks February 6, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it is withdrawing a 2012 Obama administration proposal to require...
Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene A pair of consumer advocacy groups want the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla Inc., charging that the company’s...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Get to Steer Own Safety Oversight September 15, 2017 By Ryan Beene The U.S. Transportation Department unveiled a new policy that permits companies developing autonomous vehicles to self-police the technology’s safety, a...
Lawsuit Claims U.S. Delinquent in Enforcing Rear Passenger Seat Belt Law August 18, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A new lawsuit accuses the U.S. government of being too slow to implement rules requiring that rear seat vehicle passengers...
Center for Auto Safety Names Levine to Succeed Ditlow as Executive Director August 16, 2017 The non-profit Center for Auto Safety has appointed Jason K. Levine as its new executive director. Levine succeeds the late...
Regulators Investigating Fatal Collision of Tesla on Autopilot July 1, 2016 By Jeff Plungis, David Welch and Dana Hull U.S. regulators are investigating a fatal accident involving a Tesla Motors Inc. sedan that was driving on autopilot, drawing scrutiny...
Kids’ Car Seats, Ridesharing Popularity Prompt Focus on Back Seat Safety May 26, 2016 By Jeff Plungis Crash-test dummies, who have dutifully endured thousands of simulated accidents from the front seat, are about to get a ride...