California law defines “negligence” as the failure to use reasonable care to prevent harm to oneself or to others. Regarding auto accidents, negligent drivers are at fault for the accident and may have to pay for any damages caused.
It provides grants to local and state governments for their highway-safety programs. The NHTSA was created after a period of rising traffic casualties during the 1950s and ’60s, an increased public outcry about traffic accidents, and the publication of American lawyer Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at ...