Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Apr 2, 2020)
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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.
May 29, 2020.Notice of proposed rulemaking to modernize several Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in 49 CFR 571 and clarify ambiguities in current occupant protection standards for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS) that are designed without traditional manual controls. The NPRM is limited to the crash worthiness standards and provides a unified set of proposed regulatory text applicable to vehicles with and without ADS functionality. (NHTSA Notice of proposed rulemaking, 85 FR 17624, March 30, 2020).
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