Motor vehicle

• Motor vehicles

• Motor vehicle drivers

• Motor vehicle driving

• 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...

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

• 40 CFR 80.531 - How are motor vehicle diesel fuel credits generated?

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 40: Protection of Environment

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Matters Incorporated by Reference

This final rule updates and consolidates all of the references to the many standards and practices that are incorporated by reference into the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs). Although this part already contains a section regarding publications incorporated by reference, the list in that section is incomplete and has not been updated regularly. Instead, in many cases, materials have been incorporated piecemeal into individual FMVSSs. This final rule moves those scattered references into the centralized list so that it contains all of the references. Additionally, this final rule removes one obsolete FMVSS, No. 208a, as well as various obsolete provisions in other FMVSSs. Those provisions are applicable to vehicles and equipment manufactured before dates that have already...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 751, January 06, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Transportation Department

• 49 CFR 571.116 - Standard No. 116; Motor vehicle brake fluids.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 49: Transportation

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards;

• FR, May 13, 2011
• Rules
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages; Incorporation by Reference

This NPRM proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210, ``Seat belt assembly anchorages,'' to specify a new force application device for use as a testing interface to transfer loads onto the seat belt anchorage system during compliance tests of anchorage strength. The device represents a human torso and pelvis. The new device comes in two sizes, one representative of a mid-size adult male, and the other of a small occupant. We propose both sizes be used in FMVSS No. 210. We believe that the devices provide a consistent test configuration and load path to the seat belt assembly anchorages. We are proposing this amendment because the devices are significantly easier to use than the current body blocks.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 19155, March 30, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Transportation Department

• 40 CFR 85.1515 - Emission standards and test procedures applicable to imported nonconforming motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 40: Protection of Environment

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

• FR, March 22, 2011
• Proposed rules
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

• FR, August 08, 2011
• Rules
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• California State Motor Vehicle and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment Regulation at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards; Notice of Decision

Pursuant to section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 7543(e), EPA is granting California its request for authorization to enforce it emission standards and other requirements for its mobile cargo handling equipment regulation. To the extent that the mobile cargo handling equipment regulation pertains to the control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines EPA is, pursuant to section 209(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7543(b), granting California its request for a waiver of preemption.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 9916, February 21, 2012
• Notices
• Environmental Protection Agency