Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Apr 29, 2022)

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.

April 29, 2022. Petitions for reconsideration of NHTSA final rule amending 49 CFR part 595, subpart C, “Make Inoperative Exemptions, Vehicle Modifications to Accommodate People With Disabilities,” to include new exemptions relating to the federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for roof crush resistance, rear visibility, and air bags (NHTSA Final rule, 87 FR 14406, March 15, 2022).

May 9, 2022. Request for comments relating to NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Among the six improvements and updates suggested by the agency, NHTSA proposes changes to the test procedures and performance criteria for the four currently recommended ADAS technologies in NCAP to enable enhanced evaluation of their capabilities in current vehicle models and to harmonize with other consumer information programs; and describes, but does not propose, how NHTSA could rate vehicles equipped with these ADAS technologies and requests comment on how best to develop this rating system (NHTSA Request for comments, 87 FR 13452, March 9, 2022).

May 16, 2022. Petitions for reconsideration of NHTSA final rule amending occupant protection federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) to account for future vehicles that do not have the traditional manual controls associated with a human driver because they are equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) (NHTSA Final rule, 87 FR 18560, March 30, 2022).

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