Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 30.04.1996

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Accelerator Control Systems

In this document, NHTSA proposes to change the scope of the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on accelerator control systems. The current standard prohibits uncontrolled engine speed in the event of a disconnection or severance of the accelerator control system at a single point, and it also specifies return-to-idle times for the normal operation of accelerator control systems. The agency has tentatively decided that it not necessary to regulate the normal operation of accelerator control systems. Vehicles with return-to-idle times too great for safe driving would be unacceptable to prospective vehicle buyers regardless of a regulation. The standard will continue to require fail-safe performance of accelerator control systems in the case of a single point disconnection or severance. This proposed action is part of NHTSA's efforts to implement the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative.