NHTSA have finalised a rule allowing automakers to install ADB (of sorts) on new vehicles, nominally in response to a 2013 Toyota petition. NHTSA say the rule, signed by Deputy Administrator Steven Cliff, satisfies a requirement in the infrastructure law passed by Congress last year, which directed NHTSA to allow ADB as defined and specified…
Hector Fratty
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.