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NHTSA backtracks, won't mandate brake override systems
May 14, 2019 at 10:35 AM EDT
The NHTSA on Monday said that it doesn't plan to follow through with a promise it made seven years ago to make brake override systems mandatory on new cars, a move applauded by automakers that have already installed the feature. The Trump administration's decision to scrap the mandate proposed during Toyota's 2009 fiasco involving floor mats and...
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