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Lawmakers push NCAP overhaul and pedestrian protections after rising roadway deaths
Summary
Members pressed for an updated New Car Assessment Program and new performance requirements for automatic emergency braking and door‑release systems, citing rising pedestrian and vulnerable-road-user deaths and proposed Magnus White Safe Streets legislation.
Several members used the hearing to press for updates to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and to highlight draft bills aimed at protecting pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.
Michael Brooks of the Center for Auto Safety emphasized that despite safety improvements, the nation still saw about 40,000 roadway deaths in the prior year and urged NHTSA…
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