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THE NEWLY ENACTED INFRASTRUCTURE BILL INCORPORATES SEVERAL PROVISIONS FOR STANDARDIZING VEHICLE SAFETY FEATURES. SOME OF THE BILL MAY AFFECT THE SECURITY DRIVERS AND SECURE TRANSPORTATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME QUICK HITS, AND AN IN-DEPTH PAPER WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. Electric Vehicles (EVs) The Bill includes a $2.5 billion grant program to organizations and public entities for building up infrastructure surrounding EVs and alternative fuel vehicles. Biden recently signed an executive order calling for 50 percent of new car sales to be electrified units by 2030. That is eight years away, and there are some significant hurdles that need to be overcome before Secure Transportation can go to EVs. There needs to be quicker charging - more charging stations - and increased vehicle range. The Bill is addressing these issues Better Headlights - Adaptive Driving Beam Headlights As we have been writing about for years, the time an executive spends in their vehicle is undoubtedly the highest risk period of their day - driving in low light scenarios increases that risk dramatically. One of the contributors to this increase in risk is the vehicle’s headlights. Most headlights on US Vehicles are inadequate. This Bill will change this. The Bill gives the Secretary of Transportation a maximum of two years after its passage to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108 (FMVSS 108), which governs headlight requirements and allows automakers to integrate this advanced headlight technology on vehicles. The importance of this cannot be overstated. From CNET - What these headlights can do is automatically shut off certain clusters of LEDs while you’re driving. Today, headlights in the US really just go from bright to really bright when flicking on the high
