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In 1964 and 1966, public pressure grew in the United States to increase the safety of cars, culminating with the publishing of Unsafe at Any Speed, by Ralph Nader, an activist lawyer, and the report prepared by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.
Mark Rosekind (born 1955) served as the 15th Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). [1] He was appointed by President Obama and sworn in in December 2014, replacing David L. Strickland who resigned in January 2014. [1] [2] NHTSA was run by David J. Friedman, the deputy administrator, in the intervening time ...
Steven Scott Cliff is an American atmosheric chemist and is the current Executive Officer for the California Air Resources Board since September 2022. [1]Cliff previously served as the 16th administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
On January 21, 2021, the Department of Transportation announced Carlson as the incoming chief counsel to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the Biden administration. [12] In September 2022, Carlson became acting administrator of NHTSA, and on February 13, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated her to a term as ...
In October 2021, the NHTSA named Cummings as a new senior advisor for safety at the NHTSA on a "temporary assignment" through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. [15] Her appointment to the NHTSA was met with criticism from Tesla 's CEO Elon Musk [ 16 ] and personal harassment and death threats from Tesla advocates [ 17 ] [ 18 ] in response to ...
In 1977, Claybrook was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to head the then 10-year-old National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [3] Prior to her time with NHTSA, Claybrook ran Congress Watch, worked for the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), the National Traffic Safety Bureau, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
In 2020, Nason oversaw efforts by FHA, US Department of Transportation, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan for reducing pedestrian fatalities on roads across the U.S. [17] She also worked with Operation Lifesaver to award road-safety grants in 14 states, [18] and the Federal Railway ...
Pollack received criticism for lapses at Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) that led to a crash that killed seven people in 2019. [14] [15] The RMV director and RMV consultant Fast Technologies LLC both claimed they had sent information about the RMV data issues to Pollack prior to the crash. A year ...