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Transcript for: Driver Assistance Technology

Description: New vehicles are increasingly equipped with driver
assistance technologies that could help reduce crashes and fatalities.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administers the New Car
Assessment Program to educate consumers about vehicle safety, including
driver assistance technologies, and to assist in consumers' purchasing
decisions.

GAO is making five recommendations, including that NHTSA finalize its
NCAP roadmap, communicate progress on meeting time frames to update
NCAP, and provide information to consumers on the limitations of partial
driving automation systems on its website.

Related GAO Works: GAO-24-106255, Driver Assistance Technologies: NHTSA
Should Take Action to Enhance Consumer Understanding of Capabilities and
Limitations

Released: March 2024


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Driver assistance technologies are increasingly included in new vehicles
to help reduce crashes.

But drivers who don't understand these features could lose their safety
benefit, by not paying full attention while they're on, or even turning
them off.

The New Car Assessment Program is one way the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration educates drivers on vehicle technology.

NHTSA's proposed updates to the program could help people better
understand these technologies, but the updates remain in progress after
more than a decade.

Our recommendations include communicating information about NHTSA's
progress and delays in updating the program.

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For more info, check out our report GAO-24-106255 at: GAO.gov