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READ: Letter to Sec. Buttigieg Urging Action on Final AEB Rule for New Vehicles Over 10k Pounds to Save Lives

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Advocates and 14 others have sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue the final rule without further delay to require automatic emergency braking (AEB) on new vehicles weighing greater…

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Statement on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Final Rule on Rear Underride Guards for Trailers and Semi-Trailers

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Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a final rule on safety standards for rear underride guards for trailers and semi-trailers.  The result of the rulemaking process, which was initiated in 2015, is a completely inadequate standard that will make road users less safe and undermines the Biden Administration’s stated goal of working towards zero roadway deaths.

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