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...s the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) during the Firestone scandal stated before the Transportation Subcommittee ...e knew about this defect for at least three years prior and never told the NHTSA.

...hp?did=966&scid=90 against NHTSA and for GM,] however, on the grounds that NHTSA's case for performance failure was based only on [[circumstantial evidence]

...dies, releasing results of a field study in the U.S. of ESC effectiveness. NHTSA concluded that ESC reduces crashes by 35%. The [[Insurance Institute for Hi In the US, the [[NHTSA]] has recently mandated that ESC be included on every new vehicle by the mo

...performance and publish the results for vehicle shoppers' information. The NHTSA crash tests are presently operated and published as the U.S. branch of the ...ger cars. [[Seat belt laws]] have since been adopted by all 50 states, and NHTSA estimates increased seat belt use as a result save 10,000 per year in the U

...rnering performance; rather it helps to minimize a loss of control. The [[NHTSA]] estimates 5,300-9,600 traffic fatalities could be avoided if all passenge ...eneral Motors]] had made a similar announcement for the end of 2010. The [[NHTSA]] requires all passenger vehicles to be equipped with ESC by 2011 and estim

...veness, it nonetheless was sufficient to rule out the extravagant claims [[NHTSA]] used to justify requiring that airbags be installed on all US cars. [http ..." motorists to wear seatbelts). In 1998, front airbags were mandated by [[NHTSA]].

...ed stopping distances on loose gravel by an average of 22% [http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/vrtc/ca/capubs/NHTSAabsT4FinalRpt.pdf].

There have been many efforts to innovate automobile design funded by the [[NHTSA]], including the work of the [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/labs/lab_28_inactive_pr ...s for safety in new automobiles, like the [[EuroNCAP]] and the [http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/ncap/ US NCAP] tests. There are also tests run by orga

...ve each issued independent safety tests for all new automobiles, without [[NHTSA|reciprocity]]. *[http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/ncap/ American safety ratings]

...ve each issued independent safety tests for all new automobiles, without [[NHTSA|reciprocity]]. *[http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/ncap/ American safety ratings]

* When the [[NHTSA|American government]] in the early [[1970s]] required new automobiles to wi