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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 ...
Under the leadership of Deputy Administrator King, NHTSA published an updated vision for the nation's emergency medical services, [3] launched programs to reduce traffic crashes caused by drug impaired driving, [4] [5] and pressed for faster replacement of defective Takata airbags.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.