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What safety features are in your car? What can they do? What CAN’T they do? What’s in the future for vehicle technology?

All important questions any responsible vehicle owner or user should be asking. We’re here to help.

The National Safety Council (NSC) is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate. For more than 100 years, the organization has been focused on reducing fatalities and serious injuries from the workplace to anyplace. Over the years, we have been at the forefront of changes on our roadways and have recognized the opportunities and challenges that come with new life-saving technologies in vehicles.

We have a duty to leverage our decades of experience to make sure that vehicle technologies are being used, used correctly, and used with the greatest impact for safety. And we have a commitment to making sure that the development, regulation, and adoption of new technologies are done with safety at the heart of it.

As vehicle safety technology has evolved, so has this website. Check back regularly to see new added content and commentary.

The National Safety Council is a national leader in transportation safety education and research.

NSC convenes the Road to Zero Coalition, the nation’s largest association of individuals and organizations dedicated to eliminating road deaths in the United States. Road to Zero operates on the pillars of doubling down on what works through evidence-based practices, advancing new technologies, and promoting a culture of safety through the Safe System Approach, of which “Safer Vehicles” is a crucial component. In 2026, thanks to a generous grant from Uber, maintenance of MyCarDoesWhat became a Road to Zero project.

Disclaimer:

MyCarDoesWhat.org was initially developed with funding provided by the Toyota Safety Research and Education Program Settlement. MyCarDoesWhat.org is a resource owned and operated by the National Safety Council (NSC). Content including all original research and safety campaign information was developed independently by NSC with support from partners including the University of Iowa. All content, views and conclusions are expressed have not been sponsored, approved or endorsed by Toyota or the plaintiff’s class counsel.