Trust No One: NHTSA To Use VW Scandal To Push For Even More Draconian Measures

The admission by Volkswagen AG that it cheated on diesel emissions testing is the most recent example of why the government needs to increase resources and question everything companies report, the top highway safety official says.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Mark Rosekind used the example of the German automaker as well as other recent punishments for General Motors Co., Takata Corp. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to underline that federal officials need to more closely monitor corporations when it comes to safety and regulations.

“We’re questioning everything now,” Rosekind told reporters Tuesday after a speech at an Automotive Industry Action Group conference in Novi. “You have to question all assumptions … you have to question every assumption when information is provided. It’s a very different place to start, and again, it’s part of the reactive part that is very dangerous for all of us.”

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MDarringer - 9/22/2015 8:29:34 PM

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Burn the NHTSA and the IIHS is fire. They are corrupt.

monster - 9/22/2015 9:42:45 PM

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I completely disagree. This is what happens when you trust the private companies. This also happens with the financial companies with the housing collapse. You have to regulate them to keep them in check.