Mark Rosekind, the Obama administration’s pick to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, told a Senate panel Dec. 3 his tenure as an investigator of national accidents has prepared him to tackle major safety issues.
December 3, 2014GovernmentBusiness
NHTSA Nominee Mark Rosekind to Address Senate Panel Dec. 3
Mark Rosekind, the administration’s choice to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is scheduled to appear before a key Senate panel Dec. 3.
December 2, 2014BusinessGovernment
Mark Rosekind Nominated to Lead NHTSA
Mark Rosekind was nominated Nov. 19 by the White House to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
December 1, 2014GovernmentBusiness
White House Nominates NTSB Board Member Rosekind to Lead NHTSA
Mark Rosekind, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, has been nominated to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The White House made the announcement Nov. 19.
November 19, 2014GovernmentBusiness
NHTSA Announces Rulemaking on Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that it plans to initiate a rulemaking on standards for rear impact guards on trucks.
July 11, 2014BusinessGovernment
DOT Urges Ignition Interlocks for Drunken-Driving Offenders
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued guidelines to help states develop programs to require first-time drunken driving offenders use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating vehicles after drinking.
December 24, 2013GovernmentBusiness
NHTSA Administrator Strickland to Step Down
National Highway and Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland is resigning from his post, the U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed Dec. 12.
December 12, 2013BusinessGovernment
Two Studies Augment NHTSA’s Crash Data on Deaths Involving Medium, Heavy Trucks
When the federal government reported last month that U.S. truck-involved fatalities crept up by 3.7% in 2012 over the previous year, American Trucking Associations labeled the report “incomplete and misleading†because large trucks were grouped with smaller ones.
December 9, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Google Hires NHTSA’s Deputy Administrator
Ron Medford, a top highway safety regulator in the federal government, has been hired by Google Inc. to help it develop self-driving cars.
December 20, 2012BusinessGovernment
NHTSA Seeks Stricter Rules for Truck Tire Performance
For the first time in 37 years, federal regulators are proposing tougher standards for truck tire performance, including new speed tests.
October 11, 2010