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An Engineering Solution to Prevent Drunk Driving

The NHTSA has announced new technology that could make our roads safer by preventing drunk driving. The agency is developing a noninvasive system, called the Driver Alcohol Detection System for (DADSS), to dete... Read More...

Takata Saga: Now there’s a Recall on the Recall

After 15 years of complaints, investigations, and insufficient recalls, last month Takata finally admitted to the NHTSA that their air bags are defective. (Better late than never.) The air bags, which deplo... Read More...

Takata Finally Admits Exploding Air Bags are Defective

Brace yourselves—we’re going to talk about exploding air bags again. Just last week we reported that Honda, Toyota, and Nissan expanded their worldwide recall to a total of 35 million cars and trucks. If it... Read More...

Expanded Air Bag Recall Totals 35 Million

This week Japanese automakers Toyota, Nissan, and Honda announced even more expansions to the widespread vehicle recalls related to Takata’s exploding air bags. Toyota and Nissan are recalling 6.5 million v... Read More...

NHTSA Rejects Nissan’s Request

On January 16th the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) rejected a request from Nissan regarding vehicle safety testing procedures. The automaker petitioned for a change to the electrical sho... Read More...

NHTSA Considers Standards for Vehicle Electronics

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering enforcing vehicle electronic requirements and has asked major automakers if voluntary standards for vehicle electronics are sensible. NHTSA’... Read More...

New Recall Search Database Released by NHTSA

A new tool has been released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to allow consumers to search for recalls on vehicles. The searchable tool uses the vehicle identification number (VIN) ... Read More...

Rules Being Drafted to Require V2V Technology in Future Cars and Trucks

The US Government is beginning to draft policies to require vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology to be included in new cars and light trucks. V2V technology uses a radio signal to transmit the vehicle’s location, speed, and other information to warn drivers of a potential accident.

General Motors Fined $35 Million for Lapse on Ignition Defect

The Department of Transportation fined General Motors $35 million for how the recall of 2 million vehicles from ignition switch problems was handled. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrat... Read More...

New Automotive Safety Standard Released by NHTSA

On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the release of a new safety standard that will require all new cars and light trucks to be equipped with rearview cameras by May 2018. This federal standard was mandated in 2011 by Congress, but was delayed due to holdups and a lawsuit.

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