WASHINGTON — The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) is urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to rescind several "outdated, unnecessary or ineffective" regulations that have been on the books for decades.
"Our recommendations are aimed at modernizing regulations that apply to tire performance testing and ratings, some of which are 50 years old," USTMA President and CEO Anne Forristall Luke said in her Dec. 1 comments to NHTSA.
"The tires being manufactured today by USTMA members are far more highly engineered than those of decades ago, and the regulatory framework needs to evolve, too," Ms. Luke said.
The USTMA head made her comments in response to an Oct. 3 call for comments on the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulatory reform initiative.