NHTSA Proposes Pedestrian Safety Rules

This is a US news story, published by Verge, that relates primarily to NHTSA news.

US news

For more US news, you can click here:

more US news

automotive and transportation news

For more automotive and transportation news, you can click here:

more automotive and transportation news

Verge news

For more news from Verge, you can click here:

more news from Verge

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best tech news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like automotive and transportation news, you might also like this article about

pedestrian fatalities

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest new NHTSA proposal news, pedestrian crash test dummies news, automotive and transportation news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

pedestrian deaths

Verge

•

The US finally takes aim at truck bloat

Summary

Nutrition label

78% Informative

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has never issued new rules requiring automakers to change their vehicle designs to better prevent pedestrian fatalities.

If enacted, the new rules could change how vehicles are designed in the US — permanently.

NHTSA says the changes could save up to 67 lives every year.

“Numerous proven solutions must be employed to improve the safety of all vulnerable road users.” The new NHTSA proposal is an important step, but it’s just the first of many needed to turn this crisis around..

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful