Title Moving violations : automobiles, experts, and regulations in the United States / Lee Vinsel

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Series Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics Contents The auto world gets organized -- Standardization is the answer -- The creation of crashworthiness -- From movement to government -- The limits of federal automotive safety regulation -- Discovering and (not) controlling automotive air pollution -- Command and control -- Establishing the state of the art -- Bureaucracy -- The bureaucratic struggle over fuel economy -- Deregulation and its limits -- Indecision, regulatory uncertainty, and the politics of partisanship Summary Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by drawing together communities of scientific and technical experts, auto regulations have actually fostered innovation.Vinsel tracks the history of American auto regulation from the era of horseless carriages and the first, faltering efforts to establish speed limits in cities to recent experiments with self-driving cars. He examines how the government has tried to address car-related problems, from accidents to air pollution, and demonstrates that automotive safety, emissions, and fuel economy have all improved massively over time. Touching on fuel economy standards, the rise of traffic laws, the birth of drivers' education classes, and the science of distraction, he also describes how the government's changing activities have reshaped the automobile and its drivers, as well as the country's entire system of roadways and supporting technologies, including traffic lights and gas pumps. Moving Violations examines how policymakers, elected officials, consumer advocates, environmentalists, and other interested parties wrestled to control the negative aspects of American car culture while attempting to preserve what they saw as its positive contributions to society Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Automobiles -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History Automobiles -- United States -- Safety measures Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas -- Law and legislation -- United States Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas -- Environmental aspects -- United States Traffic violations -- United States -- History Traffic regulations -- United States -- History LAW -- Military. Automobiles -- Law and legislation Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas -- Environmental aspects Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas -- Law and legislation Automobiles -- Safety measures Traffic regulations Traffic violations United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421429663 1421429667

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