SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S RULEMAKING PROCESS. VOLUME 3. CURRENT RULEMAKING

The report presents an overview of all current rulemaking activities which are associated with motor vehicle safety standards. It describes the formal procedures which govern the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's development of Federal motor vehicle safety standards, and examines eight standards which illustrate the rulemaking process. The emphasis in this study will be on rulemaking from the point at which a safety need is identified and a rule first conceived to the promulgation of a final rule.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Volume 1 is HS-026 950; Volume 2 is HS-027 910.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Office of Evaluations and Safety Objectives
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1980-2-14

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Evaluation; Jurisprudence and judicial processes; Laws; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles; Pedestrians; Prevention; Regulation; Regulations; Safety; Standards; Traffic safety; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Motor vehicle laws & regulations; Rule making; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-SEE-80-2, HS-028 716
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1984 12:00AM