Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Antilock Brake Systems for Light Vehicles

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 01/04/1994.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1991 directs this agency to initiate rulemaking to consider the need for any additional brake performance standards for passenger cars, including antilock brake standards. Pursuant to this mandate, the agency is issuing this notice to obtain responses to questions regarding...

Amendments to Highway Safety Program Guidelines

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration on 01/14/1994.

Section 2002 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Highway Safety Programs, requires that the uniform guidelines for State Highway Safety Programs include six critical programs. The existing 18 Highway Safety Program Guidelines currently address four of the six programs identified in ISTEA, but do not...

Highway Safety Programs; Determination of Effectiveness

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration on 01/14/1994.

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) was signed into law December 18, 1991. Section 2002(a) of ISTEA, Highway Safety Programs, requires that the Secretary of Transportation either designate six key areas as priority highway safety programs or submit a report to congress describing the reasons for not prioritizing...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Air Brake Systems Control Line Pressure Balance

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 01/19/1994.

This notice denies a petition submitted by Mr. Robert Crail requesting the agency to reconsider a final rule that added control line pressure balance requirements to the pneumatic timing requirements applicable to air brake systems. Mr. Crail's petition was based on his allegations that NHTSA had not adequately considered the added costs to...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 01/20/1994.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Air Brake Systems; Air Applied, Mechanically Held Brake Systems

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 02/14/1994.

This rule amends Standard No. 121, Air Brake Systems, with respect to the requirements related to the application and holding of parking brake systems and the requirements related to the supply line pressure retention for trailer brakes. NHTSA initiated rulemaking to respond to concerns raised by International Transquip Industries (ITI) which...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 02/16/1994.

This document amends labeling and other requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213, ``Child Restraint Systems,'' for rear-facing infant restraint systems. It requires that warning labels for these systems include a warning against using the restraint in any vehicle seating position equipped with an air bag. It also requires...

Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention; Exemption From Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/08/1994.

This final rule amends the agency regulation on exempting high theft motor vehicle lines from parts marking by limiting the number of high theft lines that may be exempted. For each model year through model year 1996, a manufacturer may petition for exemptions for up to two additional lines of its passenger motor vehicles. For the four year...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Antilock Brake Systems for Light Vehicles

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/08/1994.

In response to a petition submitted by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, this notice extends the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that seeks comments about the need to require antilock brake systems on passenger cars and other light vehicles. NHTSA believes that commenters need more time to formulate their...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Electric Vehicles Controls and Displays; Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/09/1994.

This document adopts minor amendments to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard on windshield defrosting and defogging systems that make the systems more appropriate for electric powered motor vehicles. This document also announces the agency's decision not to adopt similar minor amendments that were proposed for controls and displays for...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/10/1994.

On September 2, 1993, NHTSA published a final rule specifying that manufacturers must install air bags to satisfy automatic crash protection requirements. The final rule also required that labels bearing specified information be placed in vehicles equipped with air bags and that additional, more detailed information about air bags be provided in...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Theft Protection

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/14/1994.

Standard No. 114 currently requires automatic transmission vehicles with a ``park'' position on their transmission to have a key- locking system that prevents removal of the key unless the transmission is locked in ``park'' or becomes locked in ``park'' as the direct result of removing the key. In other words, under the first alternative, a...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Metric Conversion

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/15/1994.

This notice proposes to revise selected Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) by converting English measurements specified in those standards to metric measurements. This proposed rulemaking is the first of several that NHTSA will undertake to implement the Federal policy that the metric system of measurement is the preferred system of...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/28/1994.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection

by the Energy Department and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/29/1994.

The purpose of this notice is to announce the denial of two petitions for reconsideration of a final rule amending Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection, to require ``lap belts or the lap belt portion of lap/shoulder belts to be capable of tightly securing child safety seats.'' This requirement is referred to as the ``lockability...

Denials of Petitions for Rulemaking; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 03/30/1994.

This notice denies petitions for rulemaking to amend Standard No. 108 to permit center high-mounted stop lamps installed on truck camper caps to flash with the hazard warning lamps for a limited period of time. The reason for the denial is that there is no need to allow special wiring provisions because trucks subject to the standard are being...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 04/05/1994.

This rule amends Standard No. 213, Child Restraint Systems, to create an exception to the requirement that a restraint must not change its adjustment position during dynamic compliance testing. A change in adjustment positions of a rear-facing restraint, i.e., infant restraint, is permitted subject to a requirement intended to ensure that the...

Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standards; Model Years 1996-1997

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 04/06/1994.

This final rule establishes the average fuel economy standard for light trucks manufactured in model years (MY) 1996-97. The issuance of the standard is required by Title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. The (combined) standard for all light trucks manufactured by a manufacturer is 20.7 mpg for both MY 1996 and MY 1997....

Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standards, Model Years 1998-2006

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 04/06/1994.

In a final rule published elsewhere in today's edition of the Federal Register, NHTSA is establishing light truck average fuel economy standards for model years 1996 and 1997. The purpose of this advance notice is to announce that the agency is beginning to develop a proposal for light truck average fuel economy standards for model years after...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 04/08/1994.

This notice proposes an amendment to the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on lighting that would relieve design restrictions that may inadvertently prevent the implementation of certain new-technology light sources in signal lamps. These are light emitting diodes (LEDs) and miniature halogen bulbs. This action responds in part to a petition...