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Governors Highway Safety Association Report Examines Traffic Safety Issues of Autonomous Vehicle Safety

August 15, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Automated vehicles will bring new and perhaps unanticipated traffic safety issues to the states. The Governors Highway Safety Assocation’s (GHSA) Preparing for Automated Vehicles: Traffic Safety Issues for States report outlines these issues and discusses how law enforcement and State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) should prepare for them. Funded by State Farm, the report analyzes market trends […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Governors Highway Safety Association, Regulation, State Farm

GAO Releases Vehicle Data Privacy Report

September 5, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Calls for Clarification for the Role of Federal Oversight The Automotive Service Association reports that in July 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) submitted a report on vehicle data privacy to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology, under the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. The report: Examines the types, use […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: legislation, Regulation, Telematics

Coalition of European Car Repair, Insurance, Leasing, Automotive Aftermarket Groups and Consumers Call for Robust Regulatory Framework for Vehicle Telematics Systems

March 24, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

CECRA video screen capture

Group believes regulation necessary to preserve competition with level-playing field to access vehicle diagnostics and data streams. Issue key for repair industry as need to diagnostic system access increases. A broad coalition of the automotive aftermarket industry and motorists representatives is calling upon the European Union (EU) to create a robust regulatory framework for an inter-operable […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Diagnostics, Europe, European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs, legislation, Regulation, Telematics

California Insurance Department Publishes Final Auto Body Labor Rate Survey Regulation

December 2, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Department regulation addresses what it termed “…insurer created labor rate surveys which did not fairly measure labor rates” with new regulations specifying survey process. Starting in February, insurance company labor rate surveys in California will need to follow a process outlined by the Department of Insurance. On Wednesday, the Department published its final text of […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: California, Department of Insurance, Labor Rates, Regulation

Judge Grants Injunction Delaying U.S. Department of Labor Overtime Rule

November 28, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

DOL ruling

Federal Judge grants request for preliminary injunction that delays the December 1 expansion of overtime eligibility. Rule presumed dead in its current form given change in Administration in January. On November 22, Federal Judge Amos L. Mazzant granted the request of plaintiffs for a preliminary injunction delaying the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Lawsuit, Overtime, Regulation, U.S. DOL

Auto Alliance Calls on Trump Transition Team to Re-evaluate EPA Fuel Economy Requirements

November 11, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

FEATURED Auto Alliance letter

Yesterday, the Auto Alliance, joined the Global Automakers call for a re-evaluation by the Trump Administration of regulations requiring continued increases in fuel economy. The letter, from Mitch Bainwol, president and CEO of the Auto Alliance, makes a number of policy recommendations concerning the regulation of the auto industry including on fuel economy regulations, zero […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Auto Alliance, Fuel Economy, Regulation

Fuel Economy Targets Driving Auto Technology Likely to Change Under Trump Administration

November 10, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fuel Economy regulations

Election outcome will influence fuel economy regulations that have driven vehicle manufacturers drive to adopt lightweight vehicle structures. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies targets that are currently facing a mid-term review are likely to be revised under a Trump Administration. The Journal reported quoted a Trump policy […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Fuel Economy, Regulation

Amendments Published to California’s Proposed Collision Repair Labor Rate and Anti-Steering Regulation

September 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

California Insurance Regulation Proposals

Changes would allow labor rates determined in older survey to move down if the consumer price index declines. Would restrict labor rate methodology to use price charged by the simple majority versus average labor rate. The California Department of Insurance (DOI) has published amendments to proposed regulations governing insurance company labor rate surveys and anti-steering […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Anti-Steering, California, California Autobody Association, Department of Insurance, Labor Rates, Regulation

U.S. House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards

September 27, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and the Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), on September 22 held a hearing examining car and truck efficiency standards set by both the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that could have […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fuel Economy, Regulation, U.S. EPA

NHTSA Announces New Automated Vehicles Policy

September 20, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

FAV policy cover

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today introduced a new Federal Automated Vehicles Policy which the White House said was “…to help facilitate the responsible introduction of automated vehicles to make transportation safer, cleaner, more accessible, and more efficient.” The policy package is composed of four sections: Vehicle performance guidance for manufacturers, developers, and other […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Regulation

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