Source: U.S. Department of Transportation WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced new transportation initiatives aimed at harnessing new and existing technologies to improve safety for the traveling public and first responders. “These safety…
Source: Center for Auto Safety WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 13, after an almost four-year legal battle, the Center for Auto Safety dismissed its action against the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), brought because of a failure by DOT…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require heavy vehicles to have automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems that…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require automatic emergency braking (AEB) and pedestrian AEB systems on passenger cars and light trucks. The proposed rule…
Source: ConsumerAffairs.com SAN FRANCISCO – A new class action lawsuit is taking on Toyota saying that the brakes on various Prius and Camry Hybrid models are defective to the point of being a safety risk. The case, filed in U.S.…
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released highway crash fatality data for 2018, indicating a 2.4-percent decline in overall fatalities, the second consecutive year of reduced…