Transport i infrastruktura · 6.10.1994

Qualification Of Drivers; Vision Deficiencies; Waivers

The FHWA announces a Determination which will extend, for thirty days, waivers issued to certain vision-impaired drivers as part of a study instituted in July, 1992. The purpose of the study is to gather information and data to determine whether there should be a change in the current vision standards for operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce, or provision for individualized waivers. This action is directed solely at those drivers who had been granted temporary waivers to participate in the previously authorized vision waiver study, who numbered 2,411 as of September 30, 1994. This Notice also proposes to revalidate the waivers, allowing the aforementioned drivers to continue to participate in the study until its conclusion, which will occur on or before March 31, 1996. This revalidation would be based upon the Determination made in this document. This action follows, and is consistent with, the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case captioned Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety v. Federal Highway Administration, 28 F.3d 1288, D.C. Cir. 1994, which vacated the rule authorizing the temporary waivers and remanded the ma