NHTSA News Updates

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NHTSA Administrator Strickland to Step Down

National Highway and Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland is resigning from his post, the U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed Dec. 12.

December 12, 2013
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Two Studies Augment NHTSA’s 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 “incomplete and misleading” because large trucks were grouped with smaller ones.

December 9, 2013
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Google Hires NHTSA’s 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, 2012
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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