The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), heard testimony late last week on draft legislation aimed at improving vehicle safety on U.S. roads.
The draft bill aims to improve recall awareness, deploy crash-avoidance technologies and other connected vehicle technologies that improve roadway safety and fuel efficiency, and enhance privacy and security protections for motorists. The measure also would modernize the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
“There is no room for slow when it comes to safety, and deception cannot be tolerated,” Burgess said after the hearing. “The staff discussion draft that we examined today on vehicle and roadway safety is a continuation of this subcommittees efforts to, after a year of record recalls, restore confidence in American motorists that the cars they are driving are safe, that the recall process works, and that automakers and NHTSA are capable of keeping pace with the technology and complexity of cars of the future.”