According to Reuters, on November 20, nine Democratic Senators in the United States urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to quickly take action to issue new car safety regulations because the number of deaths in the United States is still much higher than the new crown than the new crown. The level before the epidemic.
In 2021, the number of deaths of traffic accidents in the United States rose 10.5%year -on -year to 42,915, which is the year of the largest number of deaths in American traffic accidents since 2005. At present, the number of deaths in the United States has declined, but it is still higher than any year before the new crown epidemic.
This year, NHTSA has finalized the provision that by 2029, the car and light truck are equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, and the new seat back safety standards are proposed to prevent the rear passenger death from the collapse of the front seat. NHTSA also put forward some regulations to respond to the risk of pedestrians being hit by a car cover.
American senators wrote in a letter to NHTSA: “Although NHTSA’s progress this year is encouraging, NHTSA still has more jobs to do. NHTSA must also finalize some proposed regulations, and there are many regulations that have expired and have expired. Or close to the statutory period.
In November 2021, the U.S. Congress officially passed the “Infrastructure Investment and Employment Act”, including 10 new automotive safety regulations, such as anti -collision technology, automatic engine shutdown devices and modern standards for front lights.
The US “Infrastructure Investment and Employment Act” instructed NHTSA to formulate regulations that the new car in the future requires the technology to prevent driving from driving from alcohol before November this year, but NHTSA has not yet issued relevant regulations.
NHTSA also missed the last period of discrete driving research, and did not issue regulations before November 2023. It was required to be equipped with a new car to remind the driver to check the rear seat system after the vehicle was turned off.
Because NHTSA is very slow to formulate new regulations, it is often criticized than the last period required by the US Congress, so it was criticized. However, in recent years, NHTSA has made progress in dealing with some long -term requirements.
In June of this year, a group representing major automakers such as GM, Toyota Motor, and Volkswagen Group also asked the US government to re -consider automatic emergency braking regulations.
For the above reports, NHTSA has not commented immediately.