The new ruling proposed by the EPA and NHTSA is named the "Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rules" that would set new CAFE standards for MY 2022-2026 passenger car and light trucks and amend the 2021 MY CAFE standards because they are "no longer maximum feasible standards." The safety reason provided by the government is to shift people to buying new vehicles once the vehicles become more affordable under SAFE standards, with a government study conducted to show new model year vehicles were associated with lower fatality rates. After releasing the proposal on August 2, 2018, NHTSA and EPA held a comment hearing period for 60 days. The deadline was later extended to October 26, 2018 after requests from 32 US Senators, 18 State Attorneys General, and others for a 120-day or longer comment period were received.