Bill > S4299

This bill, the She DRIVES Act (She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety Act), requires the Secretary of Transportation to update the testing procedures used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's New Car Assessment Program to assess the crashworthiness of passenger vehicles. Specifically, the bill mandates the inclusion of new testing devices, such as the 50th percentile adult male and 5th percentile adult female, and the establishment of updated injury criteria and frontal and side impact tests for both adult female front and rear seat occupants. The bill also requires the Secretary to continuously evaluate and update the testing procedures, and to report to Congress if the initial rulemaking deadline is missed.