National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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Opinion: America Needs to See Driver Education As A Public Safety Investment
Traffic crashes are not inevitable. They can be prevented through better driver preparation, earlier development of safe habits and stronger risk awareness.
July 13, 2026
PART III: Policy Solutions to the E-Moto Problem
What happens when existing state laws don’t quite seem to fit newer types of electric motor vehicles that are being sold and used? How should we address this problem? Here's Part III of our series.
November 5, 2025
Want Safer Vehicles? Amid Federal Inaction, Look to the States
Our federal regulatory framework still lacks essential technology that makes cars, SUVs, and trucks safer. So states are leading.
September 24, 2025
What Trump and Musk’s Deregulatory Blitz Could Mean for Auto Safety
Auto safety regulations are in the crosshairs — but Elon Musk may make out like, well, like an oligarch.
February 27, 2025
House Bill Would Make Auto-Braking Rules Stronger to Protect Cyclists
Let's make America brake again!
January 13, 2025
Opinion: Federal Plan to Make Cars Safer for Pedestrians is a Great Start
The author of a book on the pedestrian death crisis weighs in on new federal car standards to protect walkers.
September 11, 2024
Walk this Way: Feds Finally Want Car Safety Standards to Apply to People Outside the Vehicle
In the midst of a two-decade rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules to "reduce fatalities among pedestrians."
September 10, 2024
When Victims Die More Than 30 Days After a Crash, They Don’t Count
Nearly a thousand people every year aren't included in federal crash death totals because they didn't succumb to their injuries quickly enough. What will it take to make them count?
June 24, 2024
No Driver, Mo’ Problems: Advocates Demand AV Regulations
And federal probes into self-driving vehicles after crashes and fires are not making a great case for the future of autonomous vehicles.
May 23, 2024
Four Things to Know About the Historic Automatic Emergency Braking Rule
The new automatic emergency braking rule is an important step forward for road safety — but don't expect it to save many lives on its own.
April 30, 2024
