Vehicle Safety Standards
Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All
Every year, hundreds of people die horrific deaths in underride crashes U.S. roads. But a new documentary says regulators aren't counting the vast majority of them — or mandating a simple technology to save their lives.
June 15, 2023
Senators Urge Regulators to ‘Put the Pedal to the Metal’ On Vehicle Safety Standards
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation leaders still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions — and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads
November 16, 2022
Study: Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Fail At Deadliest Crash Speeds
The automatic emergency braking systems that will soon come standard on nearly all new cars don't reliably prevent crashes at the high speeds at which the overwhelming majority of roadway deaths occur, a new study finds.
September 29, 2022
Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives
A Connecticut senator is calling for federal action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them — but not necessarily by making vehicles smaller, which could save lives in other kinds of crashes, too.
August 17, 2022
Fed. Vehicle Safety Rating Update Won’t Get Megacars Off the Road
A new plan to update federal consumer safety ratings for cars won't do nearly enough to incentivize automakers to build vehicles that are less likely to kill walkers, say advocates.
March 8, 2022
Why Your City’s ‘Vision Zero’ Plan Needs ‘Direct Vision’
The drivers of the biggest vehicles on U.S. roads can't even see many of the people in their path — and cities could be doing more right now to stop blind-spot deaths, a recent panel of experts argued.
October 22, 2021
Could Augmented Reality Windshields End Distracted Driving?
If a new style of head-up design works as designed, cars will be safer.
January 13, 2021
‘The Auto Industry Went Berserk’: Five Questions with Joan Claybrook, Former Head of NHTSA
The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.
October 16, 2020
American SUVs are Too Dangerous for UK Roads, UK Safety Experts Say
American SUVs kill so many people on U.S. roads that other countries don't want them anywhere near their own roads.
July 22, 2020
