Delayed recall of seatbelt leads to $40 million jury verdict 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 6, 2011
Tags: Kia Motors America, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, seatbelt litigation
A jury in Alabama has awarded $40 million to the family of a teenage girl who died while driving a 1999 Kia her father had given her two months earlier on her 16th birthday.
NHTSA investigating Ford Freestyle acceleration
Published: May 25, 2011
Tags: Ford, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, sudden acceleration
Federal safety officials are investigating complaints that the Ford Freestyle crossover vehicle can lunge unexpectedly when driving at low speeds or idling.
Toyota sudden acceleration not an electronic problem
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 9, 2011
Tags: NASA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, sudden acceleration, Toyota
A joint study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA has found no electronic cause of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles.
NHSTA investigation of Ford Windstar complaints escalates
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: Ford, Ford Windstar, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has escalated its investigation of a Ford minivan after a preliminary review of complaints about loss of steering control.
Federal standards don’t preempt motorcycle helmet suit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 28, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, preemption, product liability, Twombly-Iqbal
Federal safety standards do not preempt a class action over allegedly defective motorcycle helmets, the 6th Circuit has ruled.
Federal law doesn’t preempt seatbelt claims
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 21, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, preemption, product liability, seatbelts
Federal motor vehicle safety standards do not preempt a product liability claim alleging that a bus involved in a fatal crash should have been equipped with passenger seatbelts, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled.
NHTSA studies impact of alcohol monitoring bracelets
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: September 30, 2010
Tags: drunk driving, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, SCRAM bracelets, Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an 18-month study to evaluate the prevalence of SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) technology in the nation’s courts.
Agency proposes mandatory seatbelts on buses
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, safety regulations, seatbelts
WASHINGTON – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed requiring all new commercial motorcoach buses to install seatbelts.
NHTSA probes Toyota steering rod recall
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 29, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, recalls, Toyota
Documents unearthed during discovery in a lawsuit over the death of a California teenager have helped spark a federal investigation into whether Toyota stalled a recall of almost 1 million pickup trucks and SUVs over defective steering rods.
Police training in drunk driving eye test challenged
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 19, 2010
Tags: drunk driving, DUI, horizontal gaze nystagmus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
A recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling may provide fodder for defense lawyers in other states seeking to challenge police testimony about an eye test widely used in DUI arrests.
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