According to a report by ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump’s transition team wants to repeal a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) rule requiring automakers to report crashes if advanced driver assistance technology or autonomous driving systems are used within 30 seconds of a crash. Published by NHTSA Standing General Orders The goal for 2021 is to collect data that could help identify potential safety issues, it said.
The data has been used to investigate crashes involving six companies so far, including Tesla and GM’s Cruise (which ended its robotaxi program this week). Tesla says it “despises” reporting requirements and believes the data could be misleading to consumers. Reuters The report cited sources close to Tesla executives. In the document you viewed: ReutersThe transition committee in charge of the 100-day automobile policy strategy is said to have recommended that the next government abolish the requirement, saying ‘excessive’ data collection is necessary.
It is not known who Elon Musk is. Donated over $250 million He helped get Trump elected and was chosen to head the new “Government Effectiveness Unit” along with Vivek Ramaswamy. Tesla reported more than 1,500 crashes and accounted for 40 of the 45 fatal crashes reported to NHTSA. Reuters report. But according to Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina: ReutersTesla has more cars on the road with advanced driver assistance technology and collects more real-time crash data than other companies, which may result in a disproportionately high number of reported accidents.
