In a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Advocates has called for the agency to finalize rulemakings mandated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) by the end of 2024.
The unfulfilled requirements include automatic emergency braking (AEB) on heavy vehicles, advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology, and systems to protect children from horrific “hot car” deaths, among others. To achieve the needed safety benefits and meaningfully reduce these targeted safety problems, comprehensive standards, some of which must exceed the directives in the law, must be issued.
Read the full letter here.