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IIHS Urges Fast Adoption of Speed Limiter Requirement for Large Trucks

July 15, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The federal government should expedite plans to require speed limiters on large trucks and extend the requirement to medium-duty trucks, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) urged in a recent regulatory comment. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requested comments on a proposal to require devices that limit the top speed on commercial […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Heavy Duty Trucks, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Regulations

US Rep Asks Government Accountability Office to Examine Federal Agency Efforts on Vehicle Right to Repair  

June 16, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reported that U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) recently sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting the office to examine the issues relating to automotive right to repair and competition, including: Federal agencies’ efforts to ensure consumers’ right to repair, with respect to passenger motor vehicles, including how […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Government Accountability Office, Regulations, Right to Repair, U.S. House of Representatives

Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition Calls for Prompt Ruling on Right to Repair Ballot Question

June 3, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has filed an Amicus Curiae brief in federal court in reaction to an April 15 procedural order again delaying a ruling, until at least July 1, on a lawsuit filed by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the association that represents vehicle manufacturers, challenging the law. U.S. District Judge, Douglas […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/MA, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Regulations, Right to Repair

US Department of Labor Proposes to Revoke Final Approval of Arizona’s State OSHA Plan Citing “Pattern of Failures”

April 20, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Department says it has concerns about state’s commitment to worker safety and health led to federal action. State had refused to implement OSHA Covid temporary standards that were later withdrawn. The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, in response to what […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arizona, OSHA, Regulations

US Department of Transportation Sets 49 MPG Fuel Economy Standard for 2026 MY Vehicles

April 4, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced new, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards that require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 49 mpg for passenger cars and light trucks in model year 2026, the highest fuel efficiency standards to date. The new standards will increase fuel efficiency 8% annually for model […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fuel Economy, NHTSA, Regulations

IIHS and HLDI Call on Regulators to Require Pedestrian AEB that Works in the Dark

March 28, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Highway Loss Data Institute, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, NHTSA, Pedestrian Safety, Regulations

Australia Right to Repair Regulations on Track for July 1 Launch

March 17, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Government appoints Australian Automotive Service and Repair Authority Limited to facilitate mandatory access to OEM repair information. Australian car owners are set benefit when the Morrison Government right to repair reforms to bring down the cost of service and repair commence on July 1. The Australian Parliament passed the right to repair law last year. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, OEM Repair Procedures, Regulations, Right to Repair

OSHA Withdraws Private Business Emergency COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandate

January 26, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

After loss at U.S. Supreme Court, regulator says it has withdrawn its emergency temporary standard and will focus on formal rulemaking for permanent standard. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced yesterday it is withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard issued on Nov. 5, 2021, requiring employers with 100 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, OSHA, Regulations, Safety

OSHA Extends Comment Period on Emergency Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers

December 1, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday announced it has extended the comment period for the COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard from December 5 to Jan. 19, 2022. OSHA had announced in mid-November that it was taking no steps to implement or enforce the proposal following orders in Federal […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, OSHA, Regulations

OSHA Suspends Private Employer Vaccine Mandate Pending Further Court Orders

November 19, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Announcement follows court order granting stay of the emergency temporary standard that was scheduled to take effect in December. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on its website that it would “take no steps to implement or enforce” until it receives further court orders due to pending rulings in Federal Court on the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, Lawsuits, OSHA, Regulations

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