The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it will hold a hearing Jan. 14 in Detroit to get public input on the regulatory agency's plan to update its 5-Star Safety Ratings for new vehicles.
NHTSA is asking for feedback from automakers and others on its proposal for a major overhaul of U.S. crash safety tests, new dummies, and crash-avoidance ratings for new vehicles.
The agency wants to revise the current ratings system from a single overall score of 1 to 5 into a multifaceted scorecard that would include the score on crash-avoidance systems and a mark for pedestrian safety.
It marks a strategic shift for the auto-safety industry from simply measuring what happens to vehicles during collisions to how well vehicles can avoid accidents in the first place.
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