Latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Stories
NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Allstate Insurance Company issued the following statement in support of graduated driver licensing provisions in the NHTSA reauthorization. Major provisions of the STANDUP Act (S.528) are in the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2011 (MVHSIA) or Mariah's Law, named after an Arkansas teen killed in a crash involving texting. "The Senate Commerce committee took an important step forward today in ending an epidemic that claims...
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Legislation to improve the safety of vehicles, advance traffic safety laws in states and enhance consumer information has been introduced by the Democratic leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) and others are sponsoring legislation to fund safety programs and activities of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal agency of...
-- Sets target date of 2013 to eliminate deaths -- Calls for specific education and enactment measures WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Safe Kids USA today called on government, advocacy groups, automakers and car seat manufacturers to combine efforts to eliminate child heat stroke deaths in vehicles by 2013. "We must take action now because kids are dying," said Torine Creppy, executive director of Safe Kids USA. "We can tally the statistics and explore the reasons why...
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A broad range of safety, auto, insurance and alcohol industry groups and companies has called on Congress to pass legislation to provide funding for an advanced drunk driving detection research program which could lead to more than 8,000 fewer highway fatalities each year and a nationwide economic cost saving of approximately $130 billion annually. In a letter to House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- California saw a decline in overall traffic deaths in 2010, marking the fifth year in a row of safer roads. According to federal government figures, total vehicle fatalities dropped 11.9 percent, from 3,081 in 2009 to 2,715 in 2010. Since the latest high of 4,333 in 2005, the 2010 figures show a total decline of 37.3 percent. California continues with double-digit percentage decreases even as the nation shows signs of leveling, with some...
A new report by U.S. vehicle safety group Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) finds that despite nationwide initiatives to ban cell phone use while driving, there is no evidence they are effective, as up to 25 percent of car accidents are still attributed to cell phone use behind the wheel.The 40-page report, "Distracted Driving: What Research Shows and What States Can Do," released Thursday, urges states to enact bans on texting while driving and cellphone use by novice drivers,...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has granted special exemptions for Terrafugia's Transition® flying car to be legally driven on roads. The Transition will be required to use tires appropriately rated for highway speeds and vehicle weight, which are not normally permitted for use on multi-purpose vehicles. The flying car is also allowed to have its own type of windscreen, however traditional laminated automotive safety glass could fracture in a way that it...
MATTESON, Ill., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Law enforcement from throughout the Midwest will be cracking down on impaired drivers beginning today and extending through July 4th. The impaired driving crackdown comes as motorists prepare to celebrate the July 4th holiday weekend. "Statistics gathered from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the past 25 years show that, on average, nearly half of all deadly traffic crashes over each year's July 4th holiday involved some...
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DEARBORN, Mich., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford will quickly expand availability of the just-launched rear inflatable seat belts by offering them on the Ford Flex and on Lincoln vehicles starting next summerThe industry-first rear inflatable seat belts are designed to reduce head and neck injuries for rear seat passengers, especially children and older peopleThe advanced restraint system debuted on the 2011 Ford ExplorerFlex is one of 12 Ford Motor Company vehicles to have earned Top...
