The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) this month petitioned federal regulators to require manufacturers to equip all new passenger vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems capable of detecting and avoiding pedestrians in the dark as well as in daylight. Both a HLDI analysis of insurance claims […]
NHTSA Launches Paid Media Campaign Educates Vehicle Owners About ADAS Technologies
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching a new yearlong $1.25 million digital paid media campaign to help drivers learn about the safety benefits of advanced driver-assistance technologies in newer vehicles. The agency’s research shows that many drivers are unaware of the benefits of the technologies and even how they work. The campaign will […]
NHTSA Recall Website Now Highlights Do Not Drive and Fire Risk Recalls
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is providing a new tool to help quickly identify if a vehicle has an urgent safety recall where the vehicle should not be driven or parked inside until fixed. When a vehicle VIN search is conducted at NHTSA.gov/Recalls, a red box will display at the top of the page […]
NHTSA Proposes Updates to Five-Star Safety Ratings Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed significant safety updates to its flagship 5-Star Safety Ratings program. These improvements are part of efforts to improve safety on our nation’s roads and will help fulfill requirements included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. NHTSA is proposing the following updates to its 5-Star […]
NHTSA to Allow Adaptive Driving Beam Headlights on New Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule allowing automakers to install adaptive driving beam headlights on new vehicles. This satisfies a requirement in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law more than a year and a half ahead of schedule. Adaptive driving beam headlight systems, or ADB, use automatic headlight beam […]
NHTSA Opens Investigation into Tesla AutoPilot
Safety regulator identifies 11 crashes involving vehicles with Tesla’s driver assistance systems and in-road and off-road first responders. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) announced yesterday an investigation into the driver assistance systems performance in an estimated 765,000 Tesla Model Y, Model X, Model S, Model 3 from model […]
NHTSA Orders Crash Reporting for ADAS and Automated Driving System Equipped Vehicles
Agency uses authority to gather additional information necessary to increase transparency and improve safety of new and emerging in-vehicle technologies. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it exercised its authority by issuing a Standing General Order requiring manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or […]
Auto Manufacturers Association Recommends NHTSA Include Crash Avoidance in Safety Ratings
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation announced recommendations to modernize the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), the program that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) uses to convey safety information to consumers. According to the association, NCAP currently rates the crashworthiness of cars, but does not rate advanced crash avoidance technologies like automatic emergency braking […]
NHTSA Proposes to Restore Ability for States to Set Own Greenhouse Gas Standards for Autos
The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. The proposed action would establish a clean slate, enabling the Department to further the Biden Administration’s fuel economy, equity, […]
NHTSA Exempts Autonomous Vehicles That Do Not Carry Passengers from Crashworthiness Standards
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on January 14 issued a final rule to modernize numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and clarify ambiguities in current occupant protection standards for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems that are designed without traditional manual driver controls. The rule amends several crashworthiness regulations to […]
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