National Highway and Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland is resigning from his post, the U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed Dec. 12.
December 12, 2013Government, Business
NHTSA Announces Rulemaking on Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that it plans to initiate a rulemaking on standards for rear impact guards on trucks.
July 11, 2014Business, Government
DOT Urges Ignition Interlocks for Drunken-Driving Offenders
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued guidelines to help states develop programs to require first-time drunken driving offenders use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating vehicles after drinking.
December 24, 2013Government, Business
NHTSA Administrator Strickland to Step Down
Business, Government
Two Studies Augment NHTSA鈥檚 Crash Data on Deaths Involving Medium, Heavy Trucks
When the federal government reported last month that U.S. truck-involved fatalities crept up by 3.7% in 2012 over the previous year, American Trucking Associations labeled the report 鈥渋ncomplete and misleading鈥 because large trucks were grouped with smaller ones.
December 9, 2013Government, Business
Google Hires NHTSA鈥檚 Deputy Administrator
Ron Medford, a top highway safety regulator in the federal government, has been hired by Google Inc. to help it develop self-driving cars.
December 20, 2012Business, Government
NHTSA Seeks Stricter Rules for Truck Tire Performance
For the first time in 37 years, federal regulators are proposing tougher standards for truck tire performance, including new speed tests.
October 11, 2010