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The Federal Highway Administration was created on October 15, 1966, along with the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the National Highway Safety Bureau (now known as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), as part of the new U.S. Department of Transportation. [6]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA / ˈ n ɪ t s ə / NITS-ə) [8] is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on automobile safety regulations.
The subcommittee oversees highway, transit, and highway safety programs in the United States, and policies governing how highway and transit projects are planned, approved, and constructed. Agencies within its jurisdiction are the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
The Act was the first mandatory federal safety standards for motor vehicles. The Act created the National Highway Safety Bureau (now National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The Act was one of a number of initiatives by the government in response to increasing number of cars and associated fatalities and injuries on the road following a ...
A group of nine Democratic senators on Wednesday urged U.S. auto regulators to move quickly to issue new vehicle safety rules in the face of traffic deaths that remain significantly above pre ...
FMVSS are developed and enforced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) pursuant to statutory authorization in the form of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, which is now codified at 49 U.S.C. ch. 301.
The warning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes after another driver was severely hurt by a flying emblem during a crash. ... Federal auto safety regulators are warning ...
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration Nicole R. Nason [10] May 7, 2019 (Confirmed March 28, 2019, 95–1) [11] Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Raymond P. Martinez [12] February 28, 2018 (Confirmed February 13, 2018, voice vote) October 31, 2019 Federal ...