National Highway Traffic Safety standard

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Transportation, Chapter V, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Part 571, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 571.301 Standard No. 301 Fuel system integrity. 

Federal motor vehicle safety standard no 320 — flammability of materials - passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks and buses. Washington, USA US Federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

T. J. Ohlemiller and J. R. Shields, Technical Report NISUR 6143, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, August 1998, US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Docket Number NHTSA-1998-3588-26, December 02, 1998. 

Every manufacturer of motor vehicles or items of equipment for motor vehicles must report defects related to motor vehicle safety and noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (see Chapter 14). After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) receives notice of such safety problems, the manufacturer must implement a program to remedy the defects and report progress quarterly in the implementation of that program. 

There are many safety features built into motor vehicles today. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sets safety standards for motor vehicles. They change over time. Table 14-1 is a summary of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) also publishes numerous standards for vehicles, including many safety standards. Vehicles include off-road vehicles and even golf carts. Other Department of Transportation agencies also establish vehicle safety standards. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration has safety standards for buses and rail vehicles and the Federal Highway Administration has safety standards for trucks. Industry associations, such as the Truck Trailer Manufacturer s Association, have also produced safety standards. 

National standardization for the field of vehicle accident reconstruction was first funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1985. The resulting report was titled Minimum Training Criteria for Police Traffic Accident Reconstructionists. One recommendation in the report was the formation of a certification board. In 1991, the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction was incorporated to promote the recognition of minimum standards outlined in the NHTSA study within the scientific and legal communities. 

Typically in the United States, bumpers—front and rear—are expected to adhere to the standard 49 CFR Part 581 set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [8]. As per this standard, passenger cars are subjected to barrier tests at vehicular speeds of 2.5 mph on full bumper width, followed by subsequent pendulum impact tests at vehicular speeds of 1.5 mph on full width and comers, with the pendulum impacting the vehicle at heights of 16-20 inches [8,9]. Bumpers are expected to withstand such... 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 207, 209, and 210—provided for by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under Chapter 301, Title 49, of the U.S. code [92-94]. 

NHTSA. 49 CFR Part 581—Bumper Standard. Washington, DC National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1999. p. 289-293. 

The NTSB also called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop stability control system performance standards for all commercial motor vehicles and buses that have a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds as well as to establish comprehensive minimum performance standards for all newly manufactured cargo tank motor vehicles. 

Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 571.111 Standard No. Ill Rearview mirrors http //www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title49-vol6/ pdf/CER-2011-title49-vol6-sec571-lll.pdf (2011). Accessed 14 Oct 2015... 

Pupil transportation has become an integral part of our transportation system. The inception of Standard 17 (June 5, 1972) as one of the key areas of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was designed to improve state programs for safe transportation of students. The purpose of the standard was to reduce, to the greatest extent possible, the danger of death or injury to students while being transported to and from school. Standard 17 recommended that states expand the standard in the future to cover all youth transportation not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation s Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety. ... 

Transportation Safety. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 created the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and authorized it to promulgate and enforce motor vehicle safety standards and to order recalls of unsafe motor vehicles. Two earlier enacted transportation safety statutes empowered the Federal Aviation Administration to regulate airline safety and the Federal Railroad Administration to regulate railroad safety. 

Motor Vehicle Mfgs. Ass n v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 463 U.S. 29 (1983) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Occupant Crash Protection, 71 Fed. Reg. 51,768 (2006) Jerry L. Mashaw, The Story of Motor Vehicle Mfrs Ass n of the US v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., in Administrative Law Stories 334, 359-63 (Peter L. Strauss, ed., 2006) David Shepardson, Air Bag Arms Race, Detroit News, May 3,2007, at Ci National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Lives Saved in 2009 by Restraint Use and Minimum-Drinking-Age Laws, September 2010, available at http //www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pubs/ 811383.pdf. 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Electronic Stability Control Systems, 72 Fed. Reg. 17,236 (2007) ESC Effective at Cutting Likelihood of Fatal Crashes, NHTSA Report Says, 39 BNA PSLR 898 (2011) Insurance Study Credits Stability Control With Dramatic Drop in SUV Fatality Rate, 39 BNA PSLR 616 (2011) Warren Brown, Acceleration at Highway Safety Agency, WP, February 25,1991, at A7 (several regulations). 

Environmental Protection Agency, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Gorporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Final Rule, 75 Fed. Reg. 25,324 (2010). 

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