Rulemakings

Statement on Final Rule to Require Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) with Pedestrian Detection for All New Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement on Final Rule to Require Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) with Pedestrian Detection for All New Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks Action by Bipartisan Congress and Biden Administration will save hundreds of lives, thousands of injuries, and…

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Vehicle Safety Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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Read Advocates’ update on IIJA provisions and omissions.

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Petition for Reconsideration of the Final Rule on Rear Impact Guards

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Petitioners request a stay of the effective date of the Final Rule until the Administrator can render a decision on this Petition for Reconsideration. In sum, the Final Rule is not in the public interest and failed to properly consider available data and testing resulting in NHTSA issuing an inadequate and dangerous performance standard for underride guards.

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Statement Opposing Legislation to Stop Impaired Driving Prevention Technology Rulemaking

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Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) strongly opposes legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Braun (R-IN) and John Cornyn (R-TX), S.4647*, that would eliminate one of the most important safety provisions in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Pub. L. 117-58).  The IIJA, which was signed into law last November, directs the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule requiring impaired driving prevention technology in new passenger motor vehicles by 2024.  Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) finds that such technology could save more than 9,000 lives every year if widely deployed.  S.4647 would halt progress toward requiring this lifesaving technology as standard equipment and must be rejected by Congress.

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