{"id":9153,"date":"2019-10-22T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=9153"},"modified":"2019-10-22T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:03:01","slug":"nhtsa-announces-ncap-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/nhtsa-announces-ncap-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"NHTSA announces NCAP upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced plans to propose significant updates and upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>NCAP is the government\u2019s premier consumer information program for evaluating vehicle safety performance. The program tests vehicle performance in various crash scenarios and provides an objective rating on a 5-star scale to inform consumers of a vehicle\u2019s safety performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNCAP is celebrating its 40-year anniversary, and we\u2019re proud that it continues to encourage automakers to invest in safety,\u201d said NHTSA Acting Administrator James Owens. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHTSA\u2019s Government 5-Star Safety Ratings Program<\/a> has been replicated around the world, and for good reason: thanks in large measure to NCAP, new vehicles today are safer than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drawing, in part, from the comments and feedback received from a public meeting last year, NHTSA plans to propose major upgrades to NCAP in 2020. These will involve new technologies, new test procedures, updates to vehicle labeling, advancements in crash-test dummies, and continued consumer research to ensure NCAP\u2019s products are effectively meeting the public\u2019s needs. NHTSA will also consider new technologies related to the safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, including cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur program has been a tremendous success and has saved many lives, but far too many American families still lose loved ones every year, and we firmly believe that vehicles can and should be even safer in the future,\u201d Owens said. \u201cThat is why NHTSA is working on improving the program to make the 5-Star Safety Ratings Program even more dynamic, and to accelerate NCAP modernization to keep pace with advancements in safety technology. American car buyers want safety, and NHTSA wants to help by creating additional market-based incentives for automakers to continue investing in innovative safety technologies that will save lives and prevent injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced plans to propose significant updates and upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in 2020. NCAP is the government\u2019s premier consumer information program for evaluating vehicle safety performance. The program tests vehicle performance in various crash scenarios and provides an objective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}