Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Mar 18, 2026)
By WK Editorial Staff
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions, with links to source documents, are open for public comment until the dates indicated.
As detailed in previous Products Liability Law Daily stories, the following National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions are open for public comment until the dates indicated below. Comments may be submitted to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 202-493-2251.
March 24, 2026. NHTSA is seeking input on safety standards and related regulations that may no longer serve a functional safety purpose. The agency asks commenters to identify obsolete or unnecessarily prescriptive requirements that continue to impose costs, restrict design flexibility, or hinder the development of new automotive technologies (NHTSA Request for comments, 91 Fed. Reg. 2992 (Jan. 23, 2026)).
April 15, 2026. NHTSA has issued two proposed rules aimed at modernizing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to accommodate Automated Driving System (ADS)-equipped vehicles that lack manually operated driving controls. Together, these proposals update FMVSS No. 102, governing transmission shift indicators, and FMVSS Nos. 103 and 104, addressing windshield defrosting/defogging and windshield wiping/washing systems (NHTSA Notices of proposed rulemaking, 91 Fed. Reg. 12532 and 91 Fed. Reg. 12537 (Mar. 16, 2026)).
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