Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 04/06/1998

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect

NHTSA is considering whether to issue a proposal to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on transmission shift lever sequence to add requirements for vehicles without conventional mechanical transmission shift levers. This is in response to a petition received from BMW of North America, Inc. (BMW). BMW has been exploring the possibility of producing vehicles with electronically-controlled transmissions that do not use the conventional mechanical lever that, when engaged, places the transmission in the desired gear. Rather than conventional shift levers, these systems would employ shift mechanisms such as a rotary switch, keypad, touch screen, joystick, voice activation, or some other method. Some of these designs, however, do not comply with requirements in Standard No. 102.