VERITY Now thanks Senate Appropriations Committee for including language on equality in crash testing

We thank Appropriations Committee Chair Murray, Ranking Member Collins, and Senator Fischer for including language in the Senate report that emphasizes the bipartisan, bicameral, and increasingly global consensus view: that manufacturers who innovate to address inequalities in crash testing and save lives should be rewarded.

The report states, “The Committee remains concerned about the substantially higher rates at which women are likely to be killed or injured in a vehicle crash and directs NHTSA to continue to address gender inequity in NCAP by using advanced crash test dummy technology that is more representative of women… By December 2023, NHTSA shall also provide a final roadmap to adopt the most technologically advanced safety equipment, including the most advanced anthropomorphic test dummies already used in motor vehicle crash tests by other global regulators, and test procedures available in the global and domestic marketplace that can be used to physically validate the safety of occupants within motor vehicles. This roadmap should require the same frontal crash tests for both male and female drivers.”

This is incredible progress. Congressional allies have offered critical leadership on the issue of crash test equality. We applaud the significant turn toward equality among regulators, legislators, and industry. They recognize that a more robust market stimulated by safer tests, equipment, and vehicles means that more consumers are protected, and the U.S. is more competitive globally.  VERITY Now will continue to work to bring about this change as fast as possible.  The quicker we embrace updated, expanded tests and advanced crash testing equipment, the more lives can be saved on the road.