The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking to push back deadlines for updates to its long-delayed New Car Assessment Program, adding to a history of sluggishness in implementing key vehicle safety standards. Critics argue the repeated postponements undermine efforts to improve crash test evaluations and consumer protection measures. The move comes as the agency faces mounting pressure to modernize its safety ratings amid evolving automotive technology. Industry observers question whether further delays will leave drivers without timely, reliable safety information.
NHTSA is proposing delays to the already laggard New Car Assessment Program, part of a larger pattern of tardiness by the agency.
