After missing its own deadline, NHTSA announces side-impact crash-test standard for child car seats
The new rules come after 2020 reports by ProPublica/CBS News found some booster seats received a passing grade during side-impact crash tests — though test dummies were violently tossed around during tests.
cbsnews.comUS steps up probe into Hyundai-Kia engine failures and fires
U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into engine fires that have plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a new engineering analysis investigation covers more than 3 million vehicles from the 2011 through 2016 model years. The agency has received 161 complaints of engine fires, some of which occurred in vehicles that had already been recalled.
news.yahoo.comProject Roadblock: Let’s keep our roads safe this holiday season
According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety administration, more than 10,100 died in drunk driving accidents on U.S. roadways in 2019. While that's the lowest total since records started being kept in 1982, consider this: every day, about 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 52 minutes.