Summit Racing Backs ADAS Calibration Bill in Congress

The ADAS Functionality & Integrity Act (H.R. 6688) aims to ensure that vehicle owners and aftermarket businesses have the information needed to properly calibrate a vehicle’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to accept modifications. Automakers are currently not required to share ADAS information such as calibration data, mounting or functionality data, instructions or application guides.

Introduced by House Rep. Harshbarger (R-TN) and cosponsored by Representatives Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Norma Torres (D-CA), the bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to study the impacts that common modifications have on ADAS performance. It also empowers the agency to establish clear guidelines to enable the aftermarket and vehicle owners to properly calibrate ADAS after vehicle customization, repair and modification.

Summit Racing Equipment, retailer of performance automotive parts and accessories, has announced in a press release that it supports the Act to protect the right of its customers to modify their vehicles.

“Government policy greatly affects our customers and our business,” said Scott Peterson, Summit Racing president and chief executive officer. “Summit Racing strongly supports the ADAS Functionality & Integrity Act through organizations like SEMA, and we are making headway.”

Examples of ADAS systems include blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning and lane assist, collision warning, and adaptive cruise control that use cameras and sensors. Modifications like ride height changes, larger wheels and tires, push bars and roof racks, and even vehicle wraps or painting a bumper can affect ADAS functionality, the release noted.

Summit Racing is directing people to SEMA to learn more about the ADAS Functionality & Integrity Act and to tell their Congressional representatives to support the bill.

“Making your voice heard in government is a fundamental right,” Peterson explained. “When enough of their constituents express support for the right to modify their vehicles, the more likely they will listen and take action.”