Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment

Resumo

This document reopens the comment period for a request for comments published December 13, 1996, regarding the potential value of several auxiliary signal lamps in addition to those required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108. One of the commenters provided NHTSA with a field study of the effectiveness of an ``advance brake warning system'' (ABWS), one of the auxiliary signal lamps on which comments were requested. NHTSA believes that this field study is a significant piece of evidence in reaching any decision about the merits of ABWS. However, this study only became available just before the comment period closed. Accordingly, the only commenters that addressed this field study were the two commenters who filed late comments, as well as the commenter that provided the field study. The purpose of this document is to make the public aware of the field study and to invite comments and analysis of the field study. To facilitate such comments and analysis from the public, NHTSA is noting some questions and issues the agency has identified in its review and analysis of the field study. The comment period is reopened for an additional 30 days.