Your independent voice for vehicle reliability, highway safety, and fuel efficiency.
Live Last read · last published · next check
“It can be a giant disaster when cars catch fire and no one is there to see it,” said Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. By Todd Frankel August 16, 2026 Late last year, when Sarah Lammersen learned her 2022 Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid was being recalled because the high-voltage battery…
“It’s very significant that they are going to begin the rulemaking process, since this is the initial step that must be taken to create or modify Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to strengthen areas related to electric doors and egress,” said Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. But given how long the…
The pitch for self-driving vehicles is to make roads safer, Center for Auto Safety executive director Michael Brooks told the Statesman. But the technology has not yet progressed that point, he said. “These companies want growth to happen quickly, and they want to scale their operations very, very quickly in order to appeal to shareholders…
“Given America’s pathetic road safety record in recent history, [Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy should be supporting virtually any tech proven to reduce traffic fatalities,” Center for Auto Safety Executive Director Michael Brooks said in an emailed statement. “Opposing proven traffic safety countermeasures like speed enforcement to score short term political points with entitled speeders…
Michael Brooks, executive director of the Washington-based Center for Auto Safety, which advocates for stringent regulation, said Ford likely leads among U.S. car manufacturers on recalls because it “remains subject to the 2024 consent order they agreed to with NHTSA, which engaged an independent third party to oversee their recall issues, required safety expenditures, and…
Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have done relatively little to address reduced visibility or higher bumper heights in larger vehicles. “It’s an area that they’ve been hesitant to regulate under the theory, I think, that consumer choice outweighs the…
“America’s vehicles are getting larger and heavier every year, contributing to greater risk of death or injury for pedestrians, bicyclists, and everyone else on the road,” said the Executive Director at the Center for Auto Safety, Michael Brooks. “Congresswoman Scanlon’s Pedestrian Protection Act addresses this growing problem, requiring the development of safety standards to improve…
Michael Brooks, executive director of the Washington-based Center for Auto Safety, which advocates for stringent regulation, said Ford likely leads among U.S. car manufacturers on recalls because it “remains subject to the 2024 consent order they agreed to with NHTSA, which engaged an independent third party to oversee their recall issues, required safety expenditures, and…
Michael Brooks from the Center for Auto Safety says drivers in these situations need to file a safety complaint with NHTSA. “It is important for consumers to report it to the federal government so that they can at least have a head start and a heads up that there might be a problem with those…
Michael Brooks, the executive director of the non-profit Center for Auto Safety, sees these traits differently: “A lot of it is this whiz-bang, cool tech features that might look really cool and might sell cars, but it’s like they didn’t do the backup human-factors research … to see how they would function in safety-critical incidents.”…
