“As always the skies will be extremely busy this Thanksgiving,” said newly confirmed FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker at a news conference on holiday travel, adding the administration expe…
516 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced new fuel economy standards and touted them as a win for the people and innovation. The new rules will require by 2026 that an average vehicl…
623 viewsU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood spoke to reporters and answered questions about a proposed national strategy for ending distracted driving and specific anti-distracted driving proje…
120 viewsPanelists spoke at a distracted driving summit on efforts at the national, state and local level to reduce potentially dangerous behaviors such as talking on cell phones while driving. They …
500 viewsSenator Klobuchar (D-MN) spooke about the problem of distracted driving, driver education, and highway safety. Her remarks were part of the opening of a summit on distracted driving hosted b…
223 viewsThe Department of Transportation held a summit on reducing the growing safety risk that distracted driving is imposing on our nation’s roads. This was the second day of the summit. Senators …
333 viewsPanelists talked about definitions of and data on driver distractions and inattention. Topics included actions that constituted driver distraction, data on the extent of the issue, and the t…
156 viewsA panel focused on distractions caused by technology and on efforts that have been made (or are needed) to assess and reduce the negative impact of distractions caused by current and planned…
97 viewsPanelists spoke about research on distracted driving and safe driving practices. They spoke about a number of topics including experimental research, industry self reporting, collision studi…
251 viewsThe Department of Transportation held a day-long summit on reducing the growing safety risk that distracted driving is imposing on our nation’s roads. Secretary LaHood opened the summit, pro…
299 viewsPresident Barack Obama and Vice President Biden Tuesday announced the release of $28 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to states and local transportation authori…
310 viewsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held a public meeting to review new ways to conduct vehicle crash tests and to improve its New Car Assesment Program. Ms. Nason moderated p…
896 viewsSecretary Peters spoke at a public hearing held by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to review new ways to conduct vehicle crash tests and to improve its New Car Assessment …
60 viewsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held a public meeting to review new ways to conduct vehicle crash tests and to improve its New Car Assesment Program. Ms. Nason moderated p…
168 viewsTransportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Dr. Runge, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, discussed recently released statistics that tabulated the number J…
37 viewsThe Transportation Department officials heard testimony about proposed safety regulations for truck drivers including limiting the number of hours per day a driver may work. Also, mandatory …
151 viewsThe Department of Transportation heard comments on and criticism of their proposed regulations of truck and bus drivers. The changes would reduce the allowable number of hours a driver…
264 viewsTransportation officials and experts talked to reporters about “National Stop on Red Week,” a program designed to prevent accidents and make drivers aware of the danger of running red lights…
56 viewsTransportation Department officials announced the approval of switches for disabling automobile air bags. Vehicle owners must seek government approval before installing such switches. Secret…
58 viewsTransportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole discussed the new standards for commercial truck drivers. She and members of the National Highway Administration answered reporters' questions.
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