Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention

Résumé

Pursuant to a statutory mandate in the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007, NHTSA is placing a requirement in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 114 that certain motor vehicles with an automatic transmission that includes a "park" position manufactured for sale on or after September 1, 2010 be equipped with a brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI). This interlock must necessitate that the service brake pedal be depressed before the transmission can be shifted out of "park," and must function in any starting system key position. The BTSI requirement adopted by this final rule is identical in substance to the Congressional requirement.