NHTSA Denies Petition for Audible Exterior Back-up Warning Signals on Large Motor Vehicles

Summary

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has denied a petition from Philip Sweeney to mandate audible exterior back-up warning signals on school buses and city maintenance vehicles, citing concerns that such signals may not effectively reduce collisions with pedestrians, particularly young children, and instead plans to explore alternative measures to minimize such deaths and injuries.