2014 set the record for the year with the most automotive recalls of all time. It was a serious wakeup call for a number of manufacturers (not to mention suppliers), but also for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the governmental body that investigates the safety issues. So great was the extent of these recalls that the NHTSA has done a restructuring of how it investigates potential safety issues. The need to look into this issue was evident before 2014 was even over, and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx requested a review midway through the year.
The findings, and the NHTSA’s plans for addressing new safety concerns, have been published in a report titled ?NHTSA’s Path Forward.? The main thrust of the report is that the NHTSA will be forming a new panel of experts, known as the Safety Systems Team (SST), made up of people from outside the agency. They will also be implementing a Risk Control Innovations Program to streamline response time when a safety concern is identified. The report also details new data-mining techniques, used to insure that new problems are identified as quickly as possible.
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NHTSA Plans To Increase Effectiveness Of Auto Investigations originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:00 EST.
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