Why Is NHTSA Kicking the Safety Can?

A one, year pause that keeps drivers guessing.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just delayed its safety rating update for a full model year at the auto industry’s request. Translation: lifesaving tech like blind spot intervention and pedestrian automatic braking will wait while committees compare notes. If these systems are good enough to advertise, they are good enough to test and rate.

Insurers price what they can measure. A public, timely New Car Assessment Program drives clarity on loss costs, repairs, and risk. Delays keep actuaries flying blind, which shows up in your premium. The safest cars should be cheaper to insure, but only if the scorecard is real and on time.

Here is my ask as a consumer advocate: publish the test procedures, publish the data, and stop moving the goal posts. Safety delayed becomes safety denied, and drivers pay for the uncertainty at renewal.

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Jack Hapsburg
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