Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Jun 21, 2023)

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.

July 20, 2023. NHTSA is inviting public comment on its research and analysis of side underride crashes and the potential effects of a requirement for side underride guards on new trailers and semitrailers. The agency seeks information that would help it assess and make judgments on the benefits, costs, and other impacts of side underride guards to increase protection for occupants of passenger vehicles in crashes into the sides of trailers and semitrailers. The comment period was originally scheduled to end on June 20, 2023, but was extended 30 days to July 20, 2023 (NHTSA Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, 88 FR 24535, April 21, 2023; NHTSA Extension of comment period, 88 FR 37843, June 9, 2023).

July 25, 2023. NHTSA is seeking public comment on new pedestrian crashworthiness tests that measure how well vehicles protect those outside the vehicle. The proposal, which would update the agency’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), is designed to reduce pedestrian fatalities (NHTSA Request for comments, 88 FR 34366, May 26, 2023).

August 14, 2023. NHTSA is inviting comments on a proposed rule that would require automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems on new passenger cars and light trucks. The proposal would adopt a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) to require that light vehicles have AEB systems that are capable of reducing the frequency and severity of rear-end collisions and collisions with pedestrians (NHTSA Notice of proposed rulemaking, 88 FR 38632, June 13, 2023).

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