The Auto Care Association and the Equipment and Tool Institute (ETI) have announced support for the vehicle data access and control amendment that was included in the U.S. Senate Bill 1885 (S1885), the “American Vision for Safer Transportation through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies” (AV START) Act.
The amendment sponsored by Senator James Inhofe, R-Okla., requires that the Department of Transportation convene a federal advisory committee comprised of stakeholders to provide recommendations to Congress “…with respect to the ownership of, control of, or access to, information or data that vehicles collect, generate, record, or store in an electronic form that is