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IIHS President Tells Federal Legislators Vehicle Technology is Not a Silver Bullet for Safety

March 9, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not one of them, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7.

“We firmly believe in technology for vehicle safety and the potential it has to reduce the tragic toll on our roadways,” Harkey said. “We do not believe in the promise of technology to completely replace drivers and for the vehicle to assume all responsibility for vehicle operations.”

Harkey offered the Institute’s perspective on advance vehicle technologies as part

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