Transport i infrastruktura · 26.10.2004
Commercial Vehicle Width Exclusive Devices
This document withdraws a proposed rulemaking to amend the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regulations to increase by one- inch the distance that width exclusive devices could extend beyond the sides of commercial motor vehicles. The intent of the one-inch increase was to harmonize the United States' width exclusion limits for certain devices with those of Canada and Mexico, as recommended in a draft report of the Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee, created as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The FHWA is unable to determine at this time that there is a need for an increase in the existing width exclusion applicable to safety and energy conservation devices. In addition, there is no evidence that the lack of harmonization is adversely affecting NAFTA implementation or that harmonization in this area is otherwise necessary. Therefore, the FHWA is withdrawing the proposed rulemaking and closing the public docket.