Ensuring vehicle safety through the manufacturing and sales processes is a responsibility that cannot be overstated. Enter the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) Whistleblower Reward Program, a critical initiative designed to empower industry insiders to come forward with vital information that could save lives. Vehicle safety experts and employees in the automotive sector hold the keys to safer roads, and this program provides the financial incentives and protections needed to make speaking up a viable and effective option. NHTSA issued final rules for its whistleblower reward program last week.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the Department of Transportation (DOT), administers a whistleblower program as part of the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, enacted under the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. This program aims to identify and resolve safety risks by incentivizing individuals within the automotive industry to report unreported vehicle defects, noncompliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards, or other violations of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
Eligible whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information that leads to a successful resolution of a “covered action” can receive a monetary reward. The reward comes from monetary sanctions collected in penalties exceeding $1,000,000 and is intended to...
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