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Released: January 19, 2012
NHTSA ill-equipped to assess cars’ high-tech systems
Source: Ken Bensinger & Ralph Vartabedian, L.A.Times (Free Registration)
The nation’s top auto safety regulator is ill-equipped to detect problems with high-tech electronics that are increasingly commonplace in today’s cars, a new government study has concluded.
Calling such shortcomings “troubling,” the report called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to review its technical capabilities and appoint an advisory panel to help it evaluate potentially serious risks associated with systems such as adaptive cruise control.
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