Auto Safety Whistleblowers
Auto Safety Whistleblowers play a critical role in exposing vehicle safety and employee safety hazards. This blog was created to expose these issues, educate, inform, and advocate the protection of drivers and consumers from safety hazards.
After 8 Year Delay, NHTSA Publishes Final Rules for Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
On December 12, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published final rules for its Auto Safety Whistleblower Program, over eight years after a Congressionally-set deadline to do so. “Whistleblowers shine a light on critical safety issues and play a...
DOT’s Rulemaking to Shape Future Success of Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
On April 14, 2023, following a nearly seven year delay, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published proposed rules implementing the whistleblower provisions of Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act (MVSWA). According to leading whistleblower attorney...
DOT Mum on Reason Behind Delay of Auto Safety Whistleblower Rules
In response to an inquiry by Whistleblower Network News, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) declined to comment on the reasons behind the years-long delay in publishing Congressionally-mandated regulations implementing an auto-safety whistleblower award program. On April 14, 2023, the...
Auto Safety Whistleblower Rules: Delayed and Deficient
Nearly seven years past its Congressionally-set deadline, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finally proposed rules for its legally-mandated whistleblower award program. According to whistleblower advocates, however, the regulations are deficient in ways which could undermine the efficacy...
Hyundai Whistleblower Receives First Ever Auto Safety Whistleblower Award
On November 9, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its first ever whistleblower award. Through its auto safety whistleblower reward program, the agency awarded $24 million to a whistleblower who provided information about misconduct by Hyundai and Kia....
Auto Safety Whistleblower Program Gets Webpage, But Still No Rules
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has created a webpage for its auto safety whistleblower reward program. Despite pressure from whistleblower advocates, the NHTSA has been extremely slow in setting up the program. While...
Senators Demand Immediate Implementation of Long-Delayed Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
As previously reported by Whistleblower Network News, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has failed to publish rules implementing a Congressionally-mandated auto safety whistleblower program. On March 23, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to...
WNN Demands Documents About Lobbying Efforts to Secretary of Transportation
Whistleblower Network News (WNN) has filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to Secretary Buttigieg and the Office of the Secretary of Transportation requesting communications between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and automobile industry lobbyists. As WNN previously reported,...
Buttigieg Remains Silent on DOT’s Failure to Enact Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and President Biden’s nomination to be the Secretary of Transportation, has commented widely on the different priorities the Department of Transportation (DOT) would have under his leadership. On January 21, the Senate...
WNN Exclusive: Transportation Department Violates Congressional Requirement To Protect Auto Safety Whistleblowers
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is in violation of a mandatory Congressional requirement to enact rules to protect auto safety whistleblowers. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), signed into law January 6, 2015, required DOT to approve...
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