The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies commends legislation re-introduced in the House of Representatives to ensure access to repair and diagnostic automobile data that will provide consumers with greater choice in having their cars repaired. According to the association, protecting a consumer’s right to choose their repair providers and control the data needed to […]
Auto Body Association of Texas Educates Legislators on Safe Repairs
On February 23, the Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT) and collision repair professionals from all over the Lone Star State, including two technicians from El Paso who began their nine-hour drive at midnight, showed up in the Texas Capitol Austin to educate legislators on ABAT’s Safe Repair bill (HB1321) and Fair Appraisal bill (HB1437). […]
ABPA Urges Members to Ask Their U.S. Representatives to Support the REPAIR Act
The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) is urging its member to contact legislators to support the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act, H.R. 906, that was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the association, as vehicle technology becomes even more complex, vehicle manufacturers are creating new barriers that […]
Right to Repair Will Appear on Maine Ballot in November as Secretary of State Certifies Signatures
Maine’s Secretary of State’s office certified that the Maine Right To Repair Coalition has gathered the necessary number of voter signatures qualifying the initiative to be on the ballot this November. The group of Maine independent repair shop owners, employees, and right to repair supporters submitted more than 70,000 voter signatures to the Secretary of […]
Right to Repair Legislation Re-Introduced in Congress
Federal legislation would provide consumers with the right to repair their vehicle while protecting a free and fair repair market. Automotive aftermarket associations including, MEMA Aftermarket, Auto Care Association, CAR (Consumer Access to Repair) Coalition, and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) applauded the reintroduction of the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair […]
ASA Asks Shops to Encourage U.S. House Representatives to Join the Vehicle Data Access Caucus
With the new Congress starting its business in Washington, D.C., the Automotive Service Association (ASA) is asking shops to send a letter online to their U.S. House of Representatives members encouraging them to join the Vehicle Data Access Caucus that was formed last year. The U.S. House of Representatives Vehicle Data Caucus is a bipartisan […]
Labor Rate Survey Bill Introduced in Vermont
Legislation would require the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to survey labor rates and establish a minimum rate. A bill introduced by five members of the Vermont House of Representatives February 2 proposes to establish minimum reimbursement rates for labor on automobile insurance claims. House Bill 160 (HB160), introduced by Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Kenneth Goslant, […]
Infrastructure Law Provides $800 Million for More than 500 Road Safety Projects
Funding targets high-crash sites in cities and counties and supports the U.S. Department of Transportation’s comprehensive strategy to reduce roadway deaths. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $800 million in grant awards for 510 projects through the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program, a record amount of funding to improve roads […]
European Independent Service and Repair Providers Urge the EU Commission to End Delay on Access to In-Vehicle Data Legislation
A group of ten associations representing independent automotive service and repair operators and fleets wrote to the EU Commission in support of legislation on access to in-vehicle data. The Independent Service Providers (ISPs) grouping wrote to EU Commission President von der Leyen and the relevant College of Commissioners to put an end to the repeated […]
Interview: Bob Redding, ASA Washington Representative on Vehicle Data Access
Redding discusses California’s zero emissions vehicle mandate and its impact across the country as well state and national legislative efforts on data access. State and national efforts to assure that the independent repair industry has the access to data it needs to repair their customer’s vehicles has been an issue for decades. As vehicles become […]
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