SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S RULEMAKING PROCESS. VOLUME 4. ANALYSIS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The Safety Board has conducted an evaluation of the motor vehicle safety standard rulemaking process of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This report presents the analysis and conclusions of the Board's investigation and constitutes the fourth and final volume of the evaluation study. The three previously issued reports in this study include case histories of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 121, the air brake systems standard, FMVSS 208, the occupant crash protection standard, and current rulemaking of the NHTSA. The case histories do not attempt to evaluate or draw conclusions about standards or the rulemaking process, but develop a factual basis upon which the analysis presented in this report is based. The report is divided into three parts. The first section examines the NHTSA's past rulemaking process by analyzing two significant examples, FMVSS 121 and FMVSS 208. The second section analyzes current rulemaking of the NHTSA. The final section presents the conclusions of this report and specific recommendations.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Office of Evaluations and Safety Objectives
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1980-4-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 63 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Brakes; Case studies; Evaluation; Federal government; Government agencies; Highway safety; Jurisprudence and judicial processes; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles; Occupant protection devices; Regulation; Regulations; Specifications; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agencies; Effectiveness; Occupant protection; Requirement
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Rule making
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314288
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-SEE-80-3, HS-028 979
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1985 12:00AM