Definition of motor vehicle accidents

• 2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

EPA and NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, are issuing this joint proposal to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017-2025. This proposal extends the National Program beyond the greenhouse gas and corporate average fuel economy standards set for model years 2012-2016. On May 21, 2010, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum requesting that NHTSA and EPA develop through notice and comment rulemaking a coordinated National Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of light-duty vehicles for model years 2017- 2025. This proposal, consistent with the President's request, responds to the country's critical need to address global climate change and to reduce oil consumption. NHTSA is proposing C...

... 5. Other Related EPA Motor Vehicle Regulations. B. Proposed Model Year 20... 10. Base Tire Definition. 11. Treatment of Driver-Selectable Modes and ..., such as the economic damages caused by accidents, congestion and noise. Note that benefits depend o...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 74854, December 01, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Transportation Department

• Focus on the Intelligent Transportation Systems Review, 2008.

... TECHNOLOGY-BOMBAY PLANS FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES 12 . UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES 12 . HIGHWAY PROJECTS...HIGH DEFINITION TRAFFIC TO FRANCE 61 . GPS PRODUCT ADVISOR SITE 62...REDUCING ACCIDENTS IN SWEDEN 154 . REDUCING ACCIDENTS IN SWEDEN (CONT...SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS 290 . UK TRANSPORT SECRETARY HAS MONEY TO...

• Business Wire
• May 06, 2009

• Visual-Manual NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines for In-Vehicle Electronic Devices

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is concerned about the effects of distraction due to drivers' use of electronic devices on motor vehicle safety. Consequently, NHTSA is issuing nonbinding, voluntary NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines (NHTSA Guidelines) to promote safety by discouraging the introduction of excessively distracting devices in vehicles. This notice details the contents of the first phase of the NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines. These NHTSA Guidelines cover original equipment in-vehicle device secondary tasks (communications, entertainment, information gathering, and navigation tasks not required to drive are considered secondary tasks) performed by the driver through visual-manual means (meaning the driver looking at a device, manipulating a de...

... F. Definition of a Task. G. Definition of Lock Out. H. P...-Level Study of the Causes of Traffic Accidents \92\ that was conducted in the 1970s). For NMVCCS ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 11200, February 24, 2012
• Notices
• Transportation Department

• Chrysler Corporation, Petitioner, v. Department of Transportation Et Al., Respondents. Jeep Corporation, Petitioner, v. Department of Transportation Et Al., Respondents. American Motors Corporation, Petitioner, v. Department of Transportation Et Al., Respondents. Ford Motor Company, Petitioner, v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Et Al., Respondents. Automobile Importers of America, Petitioners, v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Et Al., Respondents., 472 F.2d 659 (6th Cir. 1972)

... to the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1381-1461, ent... and injuries resulting from automobile accidents. 1 Its expressed purpose is ". . . to reduce traf... are repeated in the statutory definition of motor vehicle safety standards: "'Motor vehicle...

• Federal Circuits

• Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

...Industry......... 336111, 336112... Motor vehicle manufacturers. Industry......... 811112, 8... Court held that GHGs fit within the definition of air pollutant in the Clean Air Act and further ... such as reduced refueling and accidents, congestion and noise. The lifetime discounted ben...

• FR, May 07, 2010
• Rules
• Environmental Protection Agency

• Death at Sea: A Sad Tale of Disaster, Injustice, and Unnecessary Risk

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 71-3, April 2011

• Freightliner Corp. v. Myrick, 514 U.S. 280 (1995)

... a negligent design defect that caused accidents injuring one respondent and killing another's spou... were pre-empted by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Act) and by the Nation...The fact that an express definition of the pre-emptive reach of a statute "implies"-i....

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Drivers of CMVs: Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones

FMCSA and PHMSA are amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to restrict the use of hand-held mobile telephones by drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). This rulemaking will improve safety on the Nation's highways by reducing the prevalence of distracted driving-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries involving drivers of CMVs. The Agencies also amend their regulations to implement new driver disqualification sanctions for drivers of CMVs who fail to comply with this Federal restriction and new driver disqualification sanctions for commercial driver's license (CDL) holders who have multiple convictions for violating a State or local law or ordinance on motor vehicle traffic control that restricts the use of han...

... of ``holding'' is included in our definition of ``use a hand-held mobile telephone.''. --------... to law enforcement to report vehicle accidents, drunk drivers, or other roadside emergencies. ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 75470, December 02, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Transportation Department

• Emergency Services B v. Allstate In, (7th Cir. 2012)

... against individuals who were involved in motor vehicle accidents and the insurance companies that... motor vehicles fall within the definition of "facilities" under CERCLA. Thus, ESBC charged t...

• Federal Circuits

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Accelerator Control Systems

In this NPRM, we (NHTSA) propose to revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for accelerator control systems (ACS) in two ways. First, we propose to amend the Standard to address more fully the failure modes of electronic throttle control (ETC) systems and also to include test procedures for hybrid vehicles and certain other vehicles. This part of today's proposal is related to an NPRM that NHTSA published in 2002. Second, we propose to add a new provision for a brake-throttle override (BTO) system, which would require that input to the brake pedal in a vehicle must have the capability of overriding input to the accelerator pedal. This BTO proposal is an outgrowth of NHTSA's research and defect investigation efforts aimed at addressing floor mat entrapment and related situations...

...Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. A. Definition of Electronic Throttle Control System. B. Brak...The accidents that could be avoided are similar to highly public...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 22638, April 16, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Transportation Department