Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Antilock Brake Systems for Light Vehicles

Résumé

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1991 directs this agency to initiate rulemaking to consider the need for any additional brake performance standards for passenger cars, including antilock brake standards. Pursuant to this mandate, the agency is issuing this notice to obtain responses to questions regarding the braking performance of passenger cars and other light vehicles and the need to require antilock brake systems on these vehicles. This notice poses questions about the desirability of a requirement that light vehicles be equipped with antilock brake systems (ABS), including questions about such a requirement's anticipated safety benefits, potential regulatory approaches and anticipated performance requirements and test procedures, the requirement's applicability, its schedule for implementation, and the anticipated costs.