Overall, of those who reported experiencing a change of seat belt status alert (49%), over three-quarters of these drivers (77%) said that the unbuckled passenger eventually did refasten her seat belt, either on her own or at the driver's request. of the issuing agency. For systems with rear seat occupant detection, a 30-second audible signal needs to activate before reaching a vehicle speed of 25 km/h or before traveling 500 meters when any occupied seat has an unbuckled belt. NHTSA seeks comment on the relative merits of such systems. developer tools pages. As it continues with the proceeding required to be initiated by MAP-21, NHTSA seeks comment on a variety of issues related to amending FMVSS No. 101. HIGH SPEED UNBELTED TEST REQUIREMENT OF Only 66 percent of people who said they always wore seat belts while driving also said they always wore them as rear seat passengers. 2002. [54] 6. The European Union is set to adopt an updated version of Regulation No. corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. [35] Owner's manual/label requirements. The RFC discussed the agency's research and findings regarding requiring rear seat belt warnings and solicited comments. Research has found that seat belts greatly reduce the risk of fatal and non-fatal injuries, compared to the risk faced by unrestrained occupants. 41-42. It recommended that rear seat belt warning systems be developed and that NHTSA undertake a broad, multi-year program of research on the effectiveness and acceptability of different seat belt warning systems to establish a basis for future regulation. Consumer acceptance of any eventual seat belt warning requirements is an important consideration, given the potential safety benefits of rear seat belt warnings, the history of seat belt warning technologies, and the fact that consumers have not yet had widespread exposure to rear seat belt warnings. Seat occupancy criteria. 0000031263 00000 n The petitioners provided a range of estimates for how much a rear seat belt warning system could increase rear belt use. NOPUS is the only nationwide probability-based observational survey of seat belt use in the United States. We seek comment on whether NHTSA should propose warning system requirements that would necessitate occupant detection for the rear seats, and the technical and cost feasibility of doing so. 6. [83] 19. Similarly, an audible or visual warning of a change in the status of rear seat belts could be either electronic or mechanical and could include a haptic signal. When prescribing such standards, the Secretary must consider all relevant, available motor vehicle safety information. 94. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 (MAP-21) directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 0000046831 00000 n This is based on the data maintained in their Highway Loss Data Institute, Vehicle Information Database. This issue might predominantly affect minivans, which make up a small percentage of the fleet. Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for substantive data to be relied on and used by NHTSA, it must meet the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. You may contact Ms. Carla Rush, Office of Crashworthiness Standards, Telephone: 202-366-4583, Facsimile: 202-493-2739 or Mr. John Piazza, Office of Chief Counsel, Telephone: 202-366-2992, Facsimile: 202-366-3820. Child Restraint - Injury Facts 11. Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover vehicles sold in the United States and equipped with rear seat belt warnings provide a change-of-status warning. In the U.S., occupant detection is widely used in existing vehicles in the front outboard designated seating positions, either as part of an advanced air bag system, or as part of a voluntary seat belt warning system. For vehicles that have information on the occupancy status of the rear seats, the visual warning does not need to indicate unfastened seat belts for unoccupied seating positions. [97] Webpassenger using both unbelted 5th percentile female and unbelted 50th percentile male dummies in the rigid barrier crash tests at 30-mph. If you hit an unoccupied vehicle, you want to handle the situation as if there was a driver present. Survey of Principal Drivers of Vehicles with a Rear Seat Belt Reminder System. The NHTSA estimates that ___% of the 11,510 drivers with a BAC of .01 or higher who were involved in fatal crashes had BAC levels at or above .08. 9 Madison, WI 53705 - Wisconsin Department of Transportation The behavioral strategies were upgrading existing state seat belt laws; high-visibility enforcement campaigns; a national communications plan; employer policies and regulation; and insurance industry collaboration. 0000043815 00000 n 0000011021 00000 n 0000003170 00000 n Federal Register issue. [Found in the docket for this ANPRM.]. The seat belt and/or occupant detection sensors utilized by the rear warning system in vehicles with removable rear seats are intentionally disconnected. Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Public Law 112-141 (2012). regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of Unable to pull the Mustang from underneath the semi, fire crews worked for nearly 30 minutes cutting away the top of the vehicle, as well as two of the doors, to free These markup elements allow the user to see how the document follows the Research by NHTSA and others suggests that audible warnings in conjunction with visible warnings are potentially more effective than visible warnings alone. 16, Revision 9 8.4.2.4.1.1. to 8.4.2.4.1.3. We also seek comment on balancing effectiveness with costs, technological feasibility, and acceptability. This could be addressed by requiring a sequential logic system. [29] 0000190039 00000 n Webbelted and unbelted occupants. 0000047687 00000 n 208 for compliance testing of low-risk deployment and suppression air bag systems? To ensure that your comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the Docket Number found in the heading of this document in your comments. N. Lerner et al. Further, in accordance with DOT Order 2100.6, NHTSA has determined that this rulemaking, should it lead to a mandate of rear seat belt systems, would qualify as an economically significant rule, as it would likely impose a total annual cost greater than $100 million; accordingly, NHTSA is using this ANPRM to solicit public feedback before proceeding with a proposed rule. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov,, including any personal information provided. That law requires DOT to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend FMVSS No. Michigan No-Fault Parked Vehicle Exception: What You Need To Prior to 1974, NHTSA had promulgated a series of occupant protection regulations that, at various times, specified as compliance options various combinations of active and passive occupant crash protection, seat belt interlocks, and seat belt warnings. As part of the research for the report, NHTSA conducted a limited number of focus group interviews with part-time and hard-core non-users. Although it is of no doubt that the use of seatbelt reduces the incidence and severity of MVC-induced TLJ injury, how it is protective for front-seat occupants of an automobile after rollover crashes is unclear. [Found in the docket for this ANPRM.]. NHTSA seeks comment on whether the warning should be visible to the driver, the rear passenger(s), or both. Traffic School Module Quizzes Flashcards | Quizlet The new ECE regulation simply requires that the visual warning be visible to the driver when they are facing forward. Some research may suggest that having the warning visible to the unbelted occupant may increase effectiveness. You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000, (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. Hard-core non-users are those who generally do not acknowledge the benefits of seat belts and are opposed to their use.[90] 0000045887 00000 n 208 specifies multiple performance tests using 1-, 3-, and 6-year-old Anthropomorphic Test Devices (test dummies) both in and out of a Child Restraint System (CRS). First, it conducted the multi-phase seat belt Start Printed Page 51088warning study that was part of the research program initiated pursuant to SAFETEA-LU. 68. This does not include respondents who indicated that they never drive. 0000008899 00000 n The occupant is repositioned to a location within the air bag deployment path just prior to deployment by a pre-impact or at-impact event. Document page views are updated periodically throughout the day and are cumulative counts for this document. https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-20644, MODS: Government Publishing Office metadata, https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/dot-information-dissemination-quality-guidelines, https://www.regulations.gov/docs/Tips_For_Submitting_Effective_Comments.pdf. should verify the contents of the documents against a final, official Interaction with other vehicle warnings. 99. For example, it may be technically challenging for an occupant detection system to recognize a large occupant spanning multiple seating positions as a single occupant rather than two occupants. NHTSA also seeks comment on how the potential for false positives can be minimized (because false positives can lead occupants to ignore or circumvent the warnings, or lead to driver distraction). The visual signal must be at least 60 seconds long. 75 FR 37343 (June 29, 2010) (Docket No. NHTSA We also seek comment on how to quantify the effectiveness of a rear seat belt warning system, including data related to this. Many in the child passenger safety community refer to the child restraint anchorage system as the LATCH system, an abbreviation of the phrase Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children. The term was developed by a group of manufacturers and retailers for use in educating consumers on the availability and use of the anchorage system and for marketing purposes. 0000008989 00000 n We seek comment on whether the rear warning system should be required to include audible or visual warning features exceeding those currently required for the driver's seat belt warning (including the costs and benefits) and if so, what those features should be. [40] Effectiveness and Acceptance of Enhanced Seat Belt Reminder Systems: Characteristics of Optimal Reminder Systems, Final Report. There are, of course, a variety of other ways the warning system might be intentionally or inadvertently circumvented. The ECE regulations allow the rear seat belt warning system to incorporate a short-term and/or a long-term deactivation feature for the audible change-of-status warning. 81. Unattended vehicles are subject to be towed at the motor vehicle owners and/or operators sole expense and liability.. 208, S29.1(e), and correspond to the height and weight requirements for a child who is used as an alternative for the 6-year-old child test dummy for compliance testing of advanced air bag systems utilizing static suppression.