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did not pass a law that gives the U.S. government blanket authority to remotely shut down every car; what passed in the bipartisan infrastructure legislation requires automakers to equip new passenger...
The statutory hook that critics call a “” mandate is Section 24220 of the , which directed the to establish a rule requiring new passenger vehicles to be “equipped with advanced drunk and prevention t...
California’s baseline law in 2025 still requires children under age 8 (or under 4′9″) to be secured in a car seat or booster in the back seat (California Vehicle Code §27360) . A high-profile legislat...
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — titled “Advanced Impaired Driving Technology” — directs the , through , to create a mandatory Federal motor vehicle safety standard for passive, ...
California law currently requires children under 8 years old to be secured in an appropriate car seat or booster in the back seat, and children 8 years old OR 4 feet 9 inches (57 inches) or taller may...
of the is the statutory provision titled "Advanced Impaired Driving Technology" that instructed the Secretary (via /) to promulgate a mandatory motor vehicle safety standard for passive, advanced impa...
NHTSA’s early 2024 estimates show U.S. traffic fatalities fell to 39,345 and the national fatality rate dropped to about 1.20 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled—both cited as the lowest sin...
The best available, multi-source evidence indicates the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated , a and the lowest annual fatality count below 40,000 since 2020 . Other authoritative ...
Automakers have proposed systems that rely mainly on — cameras, infrared monitors and other passive technologies — and industry groups stress a technology‑neutral, phased approach to deployment while ...
2024 saw a measurable decline in U.S. motor vehicle fatalities: preliminary federal estimates place deaths at , a and the first time total fatalities fell below 40,000 since 2020. The estimated also f...
The available sources do not provide a single, definitive count of ; the clearest, verifiable figure is an estimated reported by NHTSA . NHTSA’s broader early estimate for total motor-vehicle fataliti...
Since directed to require “advanced ,” the agency has launched formal rulemaking work — issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), soliciting public comment, compiling research and prep...
sample cabin air or skin to detect ethanol molecules without requiring the driver to blow into a device, and early programs report high sensitivity in controlled trials but limited and varying indepen...
Several legacy automakers and newer EV firms are already testing in‑cab impairment detection through pilot programs or supplier partnerships that pair camera‑based Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) with...
has not finalized any regulatory text under Section 24220 of the ; instead the agency has taken preliminary steps including issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking () to solicit information a...
motor vehicle safety is a multi-step, public, administratively complex process run mainly by (and sometimes jointly with ) that moves from petitions and information-gathering through notices and publi...
AB 435 is a 2025 California bill changing child passenger restraint rules — including stricter booster-seat and front-seat limits — that attracted support from public safety and auto-safety groups and...
The full, verbatim text of of the enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) appears in the official enrolled law documents published and is available as a PDF of the public la...
Available reporting shows multiple consumer complaints, review-site allegations and journalistic pieces questioning Burn Peak’s marketing and safety — reviewers and watchdog blogs describe deceptive a...
Advanced AI systems have produced multiple documented harms across privacy, misinformation, safety, and critical infrastructure in recent months: high-profile privacy enforcement actions and criminal ...