Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection

Cost saving and productivity enhancement (TBT); Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT)

Motor vehicles; crash protection

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8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702); 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702)

43.020 - Road vehicles in general; 43.020 - Road vehicles in general; 43.040 - Road vehicle systems; 43.040 - Road vehicle systems; 43.040.80 - Crash protection and restraint systems; 43.040.80 - Crash protection and restraint systems

Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 (MAP-21) directs NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," to require a seat belt use warning system for rear seats. Pursuant to this mandate and following on an earlier Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, NHTSA is proposing to require a seat belt warning system for the rear seats of passenger cars, trucks, most buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less. This document also proposes to enhance the existing front seat belt warning requirements, including requiring a seat belt warning for the front outboard passenger seat and increasing the duration of the warning.You should submit your comments early enough to be received not later than 6 November 2023. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA is also seeking comment on a revision to an existing information collection. For additional information, see the Paperwork Reduction Act section under the Regulatory Notices and Analyses section below. All comments relating to the information collection requirements should be submitted to NHTSA and to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section on or before 6 November 2023.This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2023-0032. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA-2023-0032/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pmEastern Time on 6 November 2023 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.The advanced notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1533 is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2019-0093. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA-2019-0093/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. 

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