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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Consumers may soon be able to see a vehicle's safety rating posted as part of the basic information on a car's window sticker, according to a report Friday.

Proposed legislation would require automakers to post the "star" safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on a new car's window sticker alongside other items like options, suggested retail price and fuel efficiency, according to the Detroit News.

"Citizens have a right to know this information," the bill's sponsor, Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, told the paper. "Taxpayers have already paid to have the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration test cars. But, nonetheless, this information is not available to the American consumer in the one place where it would really be most helpful -- where you buy the car."

The auto companies have responded cautiously to the bill and told the paper that too much information could confuse consumers.

"Automakers support consumers getting as much useful information as possible," Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the industry group Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said in the article. "Our concern is that there is a lot of information on the label as it stands. With more information on labels, there's the possibility of information overload."

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