National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
American agency of the Executive Branch of the Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA NITS-ə) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on automobile safety regulations. The NHTSA is charged with writing and enforcing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), regulations for motor vehicle theft resistance, and fuel economy, as part of the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) system. FMVSS 209 was the first standard to become effective on March 1, 1967. The NHTSA licenses vehicle manufacturers and importers, allows or blocks the import of vehicles and safety-regulated vehicle parts, administers the vehicle identification number (VIN) system, develops the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety testing as well as the test protocols themselves, and provides vehicle insurance cost information. The agency has asserted preemptive regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions, but this has been disputed by state regulatory agencies such as the California Air...
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