Rear Visibility; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, Rearview Mirrors; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, Low-Speed Vehicles; Phase-in Reporting Requirements, 11418-11423 [2011-4737]

Agencies

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11418-11423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4737]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 571 and 585

[Docket No. NHTSA-2010-0162]
RIN 2127-AK43


Rear Visibility; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, Rearview 
Mirrors; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, Low-Speed Vehicles; 
Phase-in Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; corrections.

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SUMMARY: In December 2010, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
proposing to amend the agency's Federal motor vehicle safety standard 
on rearview mirrors to improve the ability of a driver of a vehicle to 
detect pedestrians in the area immediately behind the vehicle and 
thereby minimize the likelihood of the

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vehicle's striking a pedestrian while the vehicle is moving backward. 
This document corrects various minor errors regarding metric 
conversions, section cross references and other matters. In a separate 
document appearing in today's edition of the Federal Register, the 
agency reopens the comment period for the proposal and announces plans 
for holding two public meetings regarding the proposal.

DATES: The corrections made in this document are effective upon 
publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For non-legal issues, you may call Mr. 
Markus Price, Office of Crash Avoidance Standards (Phone: 202-366-0098; 
Fax: 202-366-7002). For legal issues, you may call Mr. Steve Wood, 
Assistant Chief Counsel for Vehicle Rulemaking and Harmonization, 
(Phone: 202-366-2992; FAX: 202-366-3820). You may send mail to these 
officials at: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 7, 2010, NHTSA published in the 
Federal Register (75 FR 76186) a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 
to expand the required field of view for all passenger cars, trucks, 
multipurpose passenger vehicles, buses, and low-speed vehicles rated at 
10,000 pounds or less, gross vehicle weight. Specifically, NHTSA 
proposed to specify an area immediately behind each vehicle that the 
driver must be able to see when the vehicle's transmission is in 
reverse. It appears that, in the near term, the only technology 
available with the ability to comply with this proposal would be a rear 
visibility system that includes a rear-mounted video camera and an in-
vehicle visual display. Adoption of this proposal would significantly 
reduce fatalities and injuries caused by backover crashes involving 
children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and other 
pedestrians. This proposal was issued in response to the Cameron 
Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007, which directs NHTSA 
to issue a final rule amending the agency's Federal motor vehicle 
safety standard on rearview mirrors to improve the ability of a driver 
to detect pedestrians in the area immediately behind his or her vehicle 
and thereby minimize the likelihood of a vehicle striking a pedestrian 
while its driver is backing the vehicle.
    We provided a 60-day comment period that ended February 7, 2011. In 
a separate document appearing elsewhere in today's edition of the 
Federal Register, the agency reopens the comment period for the 
proposal and announces plans for holding two public meetings regarding 
the proposal.

Correction of Errors

    In FR Doc. 2010-30353, beginning on page 76186 in the Federal 
Register of Tuesday, December 7, 2010, the following corrections are 
made:
    1. On page 76187, in the first column, Section VII of the Table of 
Contents references a subsection ``Potential Alternatives''. There is 
no such subsection; all discussion of alternatives appears in the 
subsection ``Comparison of Regulatory Alternatives''. Correct version 
of VII of the Table of Contents is:

VII. Proposal to Mandate Improved Rear Visibility
    A. Proposed Specifications
    i. Improved Rear Field of View
    ii. Visual Display Requirements
    a. Rearview Image Size
    b. Image Response Time
    c. Image Linger Time
    d. Visual Display Luminance
    e. Other Aspects of Visual Display
    iii. Requirements for External System Components
    B. Proposed Compliance Tests
    i. Ambient Lighting Conditions
    ii. Rear Visibility Test Object
    iii. Rear Visibility Compliance Test Procedures
    a. Rear Field of View Test Procedure
    b. Rearview Image Size Test Procedure
    C. Proposed Effective Date and Phase-In Schedule
    D. Summary of Estimated Effectiveness, Costs and Benefits of 
Available Technologies
    E. Comparison of Regulatory Alternatives
    i. System Effectiveness
    ii. Costs
    iii. Benefits
    iv. Net Benefits
    v. Cost Effectiveness

    2. On page 76234, figure 6 is corrected to read as follows:
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    3. On page 76244, in the third column, the introductory language of 
S5.5.1.1 references ``S14.1 through

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S14.2.3''. The correct reference is to ``S14.1 through S14.3.3''.
    4. On page 76245, in the first column, the introductory language of 
S5.5.1.2 references ``S14.1 through S14.2.3''. The correct reference is 
to ``S14.1 through S14.3.3''.
    5. On page 76245, in the first column, the introductory language of 
S5.5.2 references ``S14.2.1 through S14.2.3''. The correct reference is 
to ``S14.3.1 through S14.3.3''.
    6. On page 76245, in the third column, the third line of S6.2(a) 
contains the weight figure of ``4.536 kg''. The correct weight figure 
is ``4,536 kg''.
    7. On page 76245, in the third column, the third line of S6.2(b) 
contains the weight figure of ``4.536 kg''. The correct weight figure 
is ``4,536 kg''.
    8. On page 76246, in the first column, the sixth line of S6.2.3.2 
contains the weight figure of ``4.536 kg''. The correct weight figure 
is ``4,536 kg''.
    9. On page 76246, in the first column, the sixth line of S6.2.3.3 
contains the weight figure of ``4.536 kg''. The correct weight figure 
is ``4,536 kg''.
    10. On page 76245, in the third column, the introductory language 
of S6.2.1.1 references ``S14.1 through S14.2.3''. The correct reference 
is to ``S14.1 through S14.3.3''.
    11. On page 76245, in the third column, the introductory language 
of S6.2.1.2 references ``S14.1 through S14.2.3''. The correct reference 
is to ``S14.1 through S14.3.3''.
    12. On page 76246, in the first column, the introductory language 
of S6.2.2 references ``S14.2.1 through S14.2.3''. The correct reference 
is to ``S14.3.1 through S14.3.3''.
    13. On page 76246, in the first column, the introductory language 
of S6.2.3.2 contains the percentage figure of ``33 percent''. The 
correct percentage is ``10 percent''.
    14. On page 76246, in the first column, the introductory language 
of S6.2.3.3 contains the percentage figure of ``67 percent''. The 
correct percentage is ``40 percent''.
    15. On page 76246, in the third column, the third line of S14.1.4 
references ``S14.1.5(a) through (d)''. The correct reference is to 
``S14.1.4(a) through (d)''.
    16. On page 76246, in the third column, the first line of 
S14.1.4(a) references ``cylinders G and F''. The correct reference is 
to ``cylinders F and G''.
    17. On page 76246, in the third column, the sixth line of 
S14.1.4(a) references ``cylinders E and D''. The correct reference is 
to ``cylinders D and E''.
    18. On page 76247, in the first column, the eighth line of 
S14.1.4(a) contains the distance figure of ``0.9 m''. The correct 
distance figure is ``3.05 m''.
    19. On page 76247, in the first column, the third line of 
S14.1.4(c) contains the distance figure ``1.5 m''. The correct distance 
figure is ``1.52 m''.
    20. On page 76247, in the first column, the fourth line of 
S14.1.4(c) contains the direction ``left''. The correct direction is 
``right''.
    21. On page 76247, in the first column, the third line of 
S14.1.4(d) contains the distance figure ``1.5 m''. The correct distance 
figure is ``1.52 m''.
    22. On page 76247, in the first column, the fourth line of 
S14.1.4(d) contains the direction ``right''. The correct direction is 
``left''.
    23. On page 76247, in the third column, the sixth and seventh lines 
of S14.3.3 contain the temperature range ``176[deg]  5[deg] 
F (60[deg]  3[deg] C)''. The correct temperature range is 
``176[deg]  5[deg] F (80[deg]  3[deg] C)''.
    24. On page 76248, Figure 5 is corrected to read as follows:

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    Issued on: February 24, 2011.
Joseph S. Carra,
Acting Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2011-4737 Filed 2-28-11; 11:15 am]
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