Tag Archives for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Find the right car seat for your child!
Though Child Passenger Safety Month has ended, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is still campaigning to increase car seat safety! NHTSA has launched a new tool for parents called The Car Seat Finder; it’s an online tool utilized to help parents and caregivers select the proper car seat or booster for their child. […]
New search tool for recalled vehicles!
Owners may not always know their recalled vehicle needs to be repaired. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a new online search tool for recalled vehicles, which lets you enter a Vehicle Identification Number to quickly learn if a specific vehicle has not been repaired as part of a safety recall in […]
Feds want more safety features standard on all cars
The heads of two federal traffic safety agencies said recently that safety features such as forward collision warning, electronic stability control and lane departure warning systems should be standard equipment on all vehicles, regardless of price. The remarks at the Governors Highway Safety Association conference by David Strickland, head […]
NY Times: A Black Box for Car Crashes
When Timothy P. Murray crashed his government-issued Ford Crown Victoria in 2011, he was fortunate, as car accidents go. Mr. Murray, then the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, was not seriously hurt, and he told the police that he was wearing a seat belt and was not speeding. But a different story soon emerged. Mr. Murray […]