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Best Of The Web: IIHS Outruns NHTSA As Pacesetter In Safety

Mar 03, 2015 IIHS, NHTSA, RoadSafety, Accident, Airbags, Innovations, Safety, CrashTesting

Best Of The Web: IIHS Outruns NHTSA As Pacesetter In Safety

Automotive News has published a special report on the changes in status between the US's two car safety organisations:

"WASHINGTON — From its headquarters here, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration writes the rules and regulations that govern automotive safety.

But the prevailing standards for safety in today’s auto marketplace actually are being developed in an office building across the Potomac River in Arlington, Va., and at a campus in the rural village of Ruckersville, Va., about a two-hour drive away.
These are the twin operating bases of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the insurer-funded nonprofit organization that has developed outsize influence on the progress of vehicle safety, accelerating the pace of improvements in crashworthiness and aggressively driving the adoption of crash-prevention technology, while federal regulators play catch-up."
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