Them's the Brakes: Ex-NHTSA Administrator, Consumer Groups Sue NHTSA
December 1st, 2016 12:22 PM
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Automatic emergency braking (AEB) should be mandatory, not voluntary, say safety groups, some of which have sued in order to see it happen.
It’s something of an odd situation, as one of the people behind a lawsuit filed against the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is an ex-NHTSA administrator.
According to The Detroit News, former NHTSA administrator Joan Claybrook has signed her name to the lawsuit, alongside Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Auto Safety.
The suit alleges NHTSA didn’t respond to the advocate’s petition — delivered in January — calling for mandatory AEB. By law, the regulator must grant or deny the petition within 120 days. Instead, NHTSA Flickr ( CC BY 2.0)]
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That woman just needs to go away.
Automatic braking = end of manual shifting. Just putting that out there.