can you explain what ntsa will be doing with safety assessment after it is received? it's to communicate to ntsa into the public how they've addressed those three key areas and we are trying to make it clear that we are not passing judgment, they have just observed those areas. we have a template for the response and frankly right now the first response you might get a thank you or it could be send us more information. >> have they hired them for software updates submitted for the review? >> when secretary fox answered the last question it was did they have the right expertise we've got the expertise and we will be looking to expand about anthatand resources because of s area grows the way we think it could therefore need to be more people with expertise in the future. >> thank you and thanks for answering my questions i would yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from florida for questions please. >> thank you mr. chairman. i understand ntsa is thinking about the regulations requiring the submitted safety assessment waiver. do you think the safety asses

ntsa 94% to an tsa, -- , of car crashes are caused by driver error. automation does have the potential to help. ensuring autonomous vehicles improve safety requires thorough testing and oversight. we must evaluate not only how the vehicle feature works but also the effect of those features on human behavior. efforts toe ntsa's andomate vehicles look forward to learning more on how it's policy framework will work in practice. we think about the long-term potential of safe driving cars we need to consider the intermediate challenge. we are not going to shift to 100% safe driving vehicles overnight. even if the technology is a adopted quickly will see a transition period were semi-and fully autonomous vehicle share the road. those vehicles and the passengers must be able to safely interact. we should recognize the impact of self-driving cars have on those who drive for a living, taxi drivers, chauffeurs, and truckers. automakers are still working through safety issues with autonomous vehicles. for example, two self-driving teslas crashed this year. cyber

six states require them, but only california meets the ntsa whether to mandate it for four decades. >> we aren't denying this will be a challenge but we are looking at everything from research to funding to help everybody nationwide get their kids even safer. >> ntsa estimates four children die every year in large school bus crashes. it believes seat belts would reduce those deaths by half. this rollover test shows the impact of a crash on unbuckled children. >> the belts are good. and they are certainly very good in a rollover where you might be ejected if you didn't haveha >> last year, ntsa predicted it would cost between $7300 and $10,000 to retro fit each school bus with seat belts. with an estimated half million school buses in service, the cost would be in the billions. administrator rosekind suggested new bus cost come off the assembly line standard with seat belts. >> the manufacturers could do this on their own starting now. >> because of the cost, it could take up to a decade or more, if ever, to get a regulation in seat belts would improve school bus safety. >> tia: a heal

host: in the recent guidelines on autonomous vehicles from ntsa, as we go into that direction, data recording and sharing, is that something that audi supports? mr. keogh: if you look at their latest guidelines it was 116 pages and a lot of governmental stuff. this is not a criticism but it is a lot to digest. i'm going to zoom up at the higher level and of course like all government things you like to pick out the things that you agree with and like. so if i take the high level stuff, which i think was quite good, first and foremost, the government could have said, we don't believe in this technology and let's stop doing it. they could have said that and they did not. they said we believe in this technology right off the bat. so we like that. the second thing they said is we want to get behind innovation. we love that. the third thing that's crucial for us that they did write in there, it would be really helpful to get federal regulations aligned with independent state regulations on this issue because, of course, our disire -- desire is to launch one car with one technology set, one regulat

. >> the type of ntsa doesn't have the authority, is that an authority that you would like to have? >> at this point it is a policy. it would be to require the letter which is a great example to the categories are that are covered and in the futur futuree may only be ten areas that are needed into th in the future, te could be 20. thank you mr. chairman. thank you for the work that you're doing. i want to follow up a little bit on my colleague from indiana. i think the clarity is important and it's going to make the investment going where the regulators are going to fall into. i think we all are just looking for an idea of where the floor is so if they are going to be investing they will be in the right direction. i would like you to speak a little bit on that if you feel like the floor is going to be so we can move forward in this technology. i will be honest with you i am not a fan of it. my wife drives an suv that's got adaptive cruise. i can't stand it. it scares the living daylights out of me. the technology moves forward if you can get some direction where you're moving so we

let me also say at gm we are also committed to collaborating proactively with ntsa on one shared goalf enhancing the vehicle cybersecurity atmosphere for everyone. ntsa and the industry made an effort to work together through the development of best practices and at gm we are committed to continuing this valuable collaboration as we move forward. a very important point i want to stress is that unlike a number of other industries that have already been seriously affected by cybersecurity, the auto industry has the opportunity to address cyber concerns before we experience a serious incident. we can work together today within the auto industry and tomorrow to mitigate our risk and we can learn from companies and industries that have already addressed cyber threats on a large scale. in fact, i'm extremely pleased that we'll hear in afternoon from tom, vice president of special projects at general die nams about how one company started in the defense industry to approach cybersecurity and mitigate risks. i believe we can learn a lot from general dynamics experience to help the auto indust

ntsa says proper use of child restraints has gone down in the last three years. nearly half of 4 to 7-year-olds are not strapped in correctly in the car. a lot of kids ages 1 to 3 are being graduated to booster seats before they're ready. >>> medical news now. there's a good chance you have expired meds in your medicine cabinet. a lot of people are wondering is it okay to use them. we're talking about over-the-counter drugs like pain relievers or cough medicine. experts say medical stu difficults haven't proven whether it's o safe to use expired drugs, but they say it's best not to risk it. >> we start to worry about loss of potency over time. the problem is among health care as a whole, it's not known as safe or effective for how long those medications are after their expiration date. >> experts say you should not take expired prescription medication either. that could do more harm than good. >>> if you like to spend a lot of time on your smart phone, you might not be getting enough sleep or good sleep for that matter. researchers say those who use their phones

at ntsa, our mission is to save arrive lives on america's highways.e have have carried out that mission by writing enforcing regulations to make vehicle safer. inst drunk driving building a consensus about , seatbelt use and other efforts that have saved hundreds of thousands of americans on our roadways. we have far more work to do. that can can be measured by very alarming numbers. in 2015, we lost 35,092 people on our public rose. we know that is not just a number. those are mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, coworkers, friends, colleagues. the problem is getting colleagues. the problem is getting worse. last month we announced roadway fatalities in the first half of this year are up over 10%. the department of transportation under leadership of anthony foxx has been working hard on aphids -- efforts to facilitate the safe deployment of automatic vehicles. carryautomated vehicles enormous potential to transform the transportation system, it is also there to have potential to revolutionize that has us motivated. one more number that helps ex