Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14, is a national effort to protect responders who are at the scene of highway crashes and remind the public of their responsibility to use...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a safety recall for certain Model Year 2020 and 2021 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles with 6.6L gas engines....
NHTSA’s planned update to NCAP includes the testing of four additional ADAS technologies: lane keeping support, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning, and...
This is an update to the existing best practices document that was published in 2016, and describes NHTSA’s nonbinding guidance to the automotive industry for improving vehicle...
The program would facilitate voluntary reviews and records for ADS technology and would give NHTSA and the public insight into ADS development and operation.
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To comply with federal law, anyone transferring ownership of a model year 2011 or newer vehicle will be required to provide an odometer disclosure to the new owner.
V2V messages will make use of the on-board, dedicated short-range radio communication (DSRC) devices to “transmit Basic Safety Messages (BSM) about a vehicle’s speed, heading,...
Drivers of some older vehicles face an even greater risk. These models include 2001 and 2002 Honda Civics and Accords, the 2002 and 2003 Acura TL, the 2002 Honda Odyssey and CR...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is pulling out all of the stops to deter motorists from driving drunk this holiday season...
Dec. 15, 2016
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The new federal safety standard will help pedestrians who are blind, have low vision, and other pedestrians detect the presence, direction and location of these vehicles when ...
The nation lost 35,092 people in traffic crashes in 2015, ending a five-decade trend of declining fatalities with a 7.2 percent increase in deaths from 2014.
The proposal would establish safety standards requiring all newly manufactured U.S. trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating more ...
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) held a meeting to seek public input on planned guidelines for the safe deployment and operation ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its latest estimate of traffic deaths, which show a steep 9.3 percent increase...
NHTSA launched a new public awareness campaign called Safe Cars Save Lives that urges consumers to check for open recalls at least twice a year and to get their vehicles fixed...
The notice focuses on upgrading the federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) that address underride protection in light-vehicle crashes into the rear of trailers and semitrailers...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that is the first step of a larger agency initiative to upgrade...
The EPA and the NHTSA have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a comprehensive Phase 2 Heavy Duty (HD) National Program that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
The agency plans to continue to encourage development and commercialization of additional promising safety-related technologies of vehicle automation through its recommendation...
NHTSA recently unveiled a vehicle identification number (VIN) look-up tool on its website, safercar.gov, allowing drivers to enter a VIN and identify whether that vehicle is subject...
The proposed rulemaking has a goal of requiring vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication capability for light vehicles – passenger cars and light truck vehicles – and creating minimum...
I--CAR announced that Chrysler Group LLC Director of Regulatory Affairs, Reginald R. Modlin, will service as keynote speaker during the I-CAR Inter-Industry Conference in Boston...
