NHTSA
Takata Airbag Recall Expands Dramatically
Today, the NHTSA ordered that the Takata airbag recall expand from approximately 29 million vehicles to add another 35 to 40 million more. There are so many vehicles now included...
Don’t Rear-End a Tractor Trailer, Or You Will Die
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the insurance industry-funded research organization (which, due to its nature, has an obvious interest in reducing injuries and vehicle...
Many Models Fail New Latin NCAP Crash Tests
By Chris Haak The US, Europe, and Australia have had new-car crash-test regimes for decades. While people may complain about the cost of new cars, as well as their weight and...
Will GM Again Kill the Electric Car?
There is more than a little chatter over the past week or two in the autoblogosphere about the Chevy Volt. Normally, in these media frenzied times, that would be good news for...
IIHS Announces 2011 Top Safety Picks
By Chris Haak The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit funded by member insurance companies, has released its top safety picks for 2011, and there are a large...
Ray LaHood Wants to Ban In-Vehicle Cell Phones
By Chris Haak US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a crusader against distracted driving, has fired the latest salvo in the battle. The Daily Caller reports that not only...
NHTSA Analysis Shows Driver Error Caused Most Toyota SUA Crashes
By Chris Haak According to a report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, people familiar with an extensive analysis done by the Department of Transportation told the paper that...
Vehicle Safety Bill Moves Toward Senate Vote
By Chris Haak In response to the Toyota recall crisis and the subsequent furor over when vehicles should be recalled, how large fines for deliberate noncompliance should be, a...
The Week of Recalls Continues
By Chris Haak Though nowhere near the number of vehicles recalled by Toyota at the height of its sudden unintended acceleration crisis of late 2009/early 2010, there have been a...