U.S. House Committee Considers Strategies To Improve Vehicle Safety
At a hearing held by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Congressional members heard testimony on strategies to improve vehicle safety. The hearing, titled “Examining Ways to Improve Vehicle and Roadway Safety,” key issues included increased reporting requirements for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a plan to improve recall completion rates, and regulations on automakers intended to protect consumer privacy in the wake of increased vehicle hacks. Testimony by two key witnesses—Mark Rosekind, NHTSA administrator, and Maneesha Mithal, associate director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—highlighted concerns with some of the proposed strategies. For example, both Rosekind and Mithal advocated limiting automaker representation on the proposed Automotive Cybersecurity Advisory Council.
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