NHTSA Updates Highway Safety Guidelines with Data Focus
Published Date: 6/3/2025
Notice
Summary
The Highway Safety Program Guidelines just got a smart upgrade! Four key rules about courts, impaired driving, prosecutor training, and seatbelt use now focus more on real traffic data and follow a new Executive order. States and safety programs should get ready to roll with these changes, which aim to save lives and keep roads safer.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Highway Safety Guidelines Revised
The notice revises four highway safety guidelines (Guideline Nos. 7, 8, 12, and 20) so state programs rely more on traffic safety data and to align with a recent Executive order. States and highway safety programs should prepare to implement these changes. The revisions aim to save lives and keep roads safer.
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