Possible NHTSA 'Silver' Ratings Aim to Protect Older Drivers

“The baby boom is the largest generation in the history of this country,” NHTSA Administrator David Strickland told Bloomberg in Washington. The agency says older occupants face a higher likelihood of injury in accidents.

Specifics are few, and there’s no timetable yet for implementation of the new rules. NHTSA’s last crash-test overhaul occurred in 2011; it implemented more-diverse crash test dummies and a new side-impact pole test. Strickland told Bloomberg the 2011 overhaul took three years to craft, which might give clues to how long any “silver” rating takes.

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