Obama picks NTSB member as new auto safety chief
Source: AP-Excite
DETROIT (AP) — President Obama is nominating a transportation safety and human fatigue expert to revive the troubled agency charged with keeping the nation's highways safe.
Mark Rosekind, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, still must be confirmed by the Senate before he can take over the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The agency has been without a formal chief since David Strickland left last December. Since Strickland left, NHTSA has come under fire for being too slow to react to widespread safety problems at General Motors and a growing crisis over air bags linked to multiple deaths and injuries. Lawmakers have been calling for the White House to name a new administrator to reform the agency.
Rosekind is a former NASA official who has gone to the scene to help investigate seven transportation accidents as a member of the NTSB since June of 2010. He is also a former NASA scientist and a nationally recognized expert on human fatigue. He recently conducted a special NTSB forum on drowsy driving. He also is featured prominently in a new National Geographic documentary on the dangers of sleep deprivation.
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