The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking this month. Specifically, NHTSA published one correction to its recent final rule on child restraint systems, and two notifications of enforcement discretion announcing that it would not enforce the requirements of two of its new final rules until March 20, pursuant to the “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” presidential memorandum. The agency did not take further actions on these rules after March 20 and they remain effective.Continue Reading NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: March 2025
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NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: February 2025
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking in the Federal Register this month. Specifically, NHTSA published four delays of the effective dates of recent final rules following last month’s “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” presidential memorandum directing agencies to further review final rules that have not yet taken effect. See below for brief summaries of the new rules’ extended effective dates.
- Anthropomorphic Test Devices: Hybrid III 5th Percentile Female Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference (Feb. 14): NHTSA delayed the effective date of its January 3, 2025, final rule revising specifications for the Hybrid III 5th Percentile Female Test Dummy to March 20, 2025.
NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: January 2025
By Rachael Padgett & Rebecca Baden Chaney on
Posted in Automotive & Trucking
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking in the Federal Register this month. See below for brief summaries of the new rules and compliance dates for manufacturers.
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Occupant Crash Protection; Seat Belt Reminder Systems; Controls and Displays (Jan. 3): NHTSA amended FMVSS No. 208 (Occupant Crash Protection) to extend existing seatbelt warning systems to: (1) require a seat belt warning system for rear seats, (2) update and enhance seat belt warning requirements for driver seat belt warnings, and (3) extend the requirements for driver’s warnings to the front outboard passenger seat. Manufacturers must comply with the front set belt warning system requirements by September 1, 2026, and the rear seat belt warning system requirements by September 1, 2027, with an additional year for multi-stage manufacturers and alterers.