U.S. Congress Orders NHTSA to Allow ADB & Fix Aim—Yay?

Analysis by Daniel Stern, DVN Chief EditorThe American motoring and popular press has been abuzz for the past few days with big, breathless headlines like ADAPTIVE BEAMS FINALLY APPROVED FOR USA. Chance would be a fine thing, but that is not what has actually happened. Rather, Congress has directed NHTSA to approve ADB. A trillion-dollar…

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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.