The Driving Woman

NHTSA's done a lot of good work under Chief Nicole Nason, about whom we wrote only weeks ago. Here's another new annoucement  that The Driving Woman is applauding: At NHTSA's consumer site, Safercar.gov,  you now can signup for automatic e-mail alerts if the government recalls tires or child safety seats.

This is great news, because so many people miss these recall notices. (More than a few lives would have been saved a few years back if everyone riding on Firestone tires had known about the recall.) According to Consumer Reports, the agency plans to extend the automatic e-mail notification service to passenger-car recalls in the future.

Lest you be concerned about too much spam, there are only about 20 tire recalls and 8 car seat recalls per year, so it's not overwhelming. And you can get the notification via email or RSS feed. So if you don't already know, determine what kind of tires you have and go sign up!