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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 ...
King was born December 21, 1964, in Ventura, California.After serving as a park ranger for the California Department of Parks and Recreation, she received a B.A. from University of California, Irvine in 1995 and a M.Sc in economics from California Institute of Technology in 1998.
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 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 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 early 2005, Nason was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the youngest administrator of the office's history. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the National Safety Council supported her nomination for this role and she was confirmed unanimously. [ 1 ]
The first NCAP was created in 1979, by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.This program was established in response to Title II of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1972, to encourage manufacturers to build safer vehicles and consumers to buy them.