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NHTSA issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) to implement laws from Congress. These regulations allow us to fulfill our mission to prevent and reduce vehicle crashes.

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208	49 CFR Part 595	Retro Fit On-Off Switches for Air Bags To facilitate further the modification of vehicles to accommodate individuals with disabilities, the agency is proposing to expand the existing exemption from a statutory provision that prohibits specified types of commercial entities from either removing safety equipment or features installed on motor vehicles	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: RETRO FIT ON-OFF SWITCHES FOR AIR BAGS; Vehicle Modifications To Accommodate People With Disabilities
208	49 CFR Part 571	Monitoring the Performance of Advanced Air Bags and Developing Data for Potential Future Air Bag Rulemakings	Request for Comment
208	49 CFR Part 571	Seat Belts on Motorcoaches In accordance with NHTSA’s 2007 Motorcoach Safety Plan and DOT’s 2009 Departmental Motorcoach Safety Action Plan, NHTSA is issuing this NPRM to propose to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) on occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208) to require lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in new motorcoaches.This NPRM also proposes to require a lap/shoulder belt for the motorcoach and large school bus driver’s seating positions, which currently are required to have either a lap or a lap/shoulder belt.	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Motorcoach Definition; Occupant Crash Protection
208	49 CFR Part 595	Exemption from the Make Inoperative Prohibition	Final Rule: Exemption From the Make Inoperative Prohibition Notice of proposed rulemaking Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
208	49 CFR Part 595	Air Bag Deactivation	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
208	49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595	Occupant Crash Protection The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags.	Final Rule; Interim Final Rule: Occupant Crash Protection Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking
208	49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595	Occupant Crash Protection The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags.	Final rule; Interim Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking
208	49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595	Occupant Crash Protection The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags.	Final Rule; Interim Final Rule - Occupant Crash Protection Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking
208	49 CFR Part 571	Seat Belts on Motorcoaches In accordance with NHTSA’s 2007 Motorcoach Safety Plan and DOT’s 2009 Departmental Motorcoach Safety Action Plan, NHTSA is issuing this NPRM to propose to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) on occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208) to require lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in new motorcoaches.This NPRM also proposes to require a lap/shoulder belt for the motorcoach and large school bus driver’s seating positions, which currently are required to have either a lap or a lap/shoulder belt.	Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Motorcoach Definition; Occupant Crash Protection
206	49 CFR Part 571	Door Locks and Door Retention Components and Side Impact Protection We are proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 206, Door locks and door retention components, in order to add and update requirements and test procedures and to harmonize with the world’s first global technical regulation for motor vehicles.
202		Head Restraints for Passenger Vehicles	Preliminary Economic Assessment and Regulatory Flexibilty Analysis
138		Tire Pressure Monitoring System	Final Regulatory Impact Analysis: Tire Pressure Monitoring System
138	49 CFR Part 571	Tire Pressure Monitoring System	Preliminary Economic Assessment: TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM
138		NPRM on Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems	Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis
136	49 CFR Part 571	Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles This proposes to establish a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 136 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on truck tractors and certain buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 11,793 kilograms (26,000 pounds). ESC systems in truck tractors and large buses are designed to reduce untripped rollovers and mitigate severe understeer or oversteer conditions that lead to loss of control by using automatic computer-controlled braking and reducing engine torque output. In 2012, we expect that about 26 percent of new truck tractors and 80 percent of new buses affected by this proposed rule will be equipped with ESC systems. We believe that ESC systems could prevent 40 to 56 percent of untripped rollover crashes and 14 percent of loss-of-control crashes. By requiring that ESC systems be installed on truck tractors and large buses, this proposal would prevent 1,807 to 2,329 crashes, 649 to 858 injuries, and 49 to 60 fatalities at less than $3 million per equivalent life saved, while generating positive net benefits.	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis: Electronic Stability Control Systems On Heavy Vehicles

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