[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27808-27809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12832]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will 
describe and discuss specific research and development projects and 
request suggestions for agenda topics.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of 
specific research and development projects on June 27, 1995, beginning 
at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 5:00 p.m. The deadline for 
interested parties to suggest agenda topics is 4:15 p.m. on June 8, 
1995. Questions may be submitted in advance regarding the agency's 
research and development projects. They must be submitted in writing by 
June 19, 1995, to the address given below. If sufficient time is 
available, questions received after the June 19 date will be answered 
at the meeting in the discussion period. The individual, group, or 
company asking a question does not have to be present for the question 
to be answered. A consolidated list of the questions submitted by June 
19 will be available at the meeting and will be mailed to requesters 
after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ramada Inn, near Detroit 
Metro Airport, 8270 Wickham Rd., Romulus, MI 48174. Suggestions for 
specific R&D topics as described below and questions for the June 27, 
1995, meeting relating to the agency's research and development 
programs should be submitted to the Office of the Associate 
Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
NHTSA intends to provide detailed presentations about its research and 
development programs in a series of quarterly public meetings. The 
series started in April 1993. The purpose is to make available more 
complete and timely information regarding the agency's research and 
development programs. This tenth meeting in the series will be held on 
June 27, 1995.

    NHTSA requests suggestions from interested parties on the specific 
agenda topics. NHTSA will base its decisions about the agenda, in part, 
on the suggestions it receives by close of business at 4:15 p.m. on 
June 8, 1995. Before the meeting, it will publish a notice with an 
agenda listing the research and development topics to be discussed. 
NHTSA asks that the suggestions be taken from the list below and that 
they be limited to six, in priority order, so that the presentations at 
the June 27 R&D meeting can be most useful to the audience. Please note 
that almost all of these topics have been discussed at the previous 
nine meetings to some extent and that presentations at the tenth 
meeting will be reports on current status, results, and plans.
    Specific Crashworthiness R&D topics are:

Improved frontal crash protection problem analysis and program status,
Advanced glazing research,
Highway traffic injury studies,
Head and neck injury research, [[Page 27809]] 
Lower extremity injury research,
Thorax injury research,
Human injury simulation and analysis,
Crash test dummy component development,
Vehicle aggressivity and fleet compatibility,
Upgrade side crash protection,
Upgrade seat and occupant restraint systems,
Child safety research, and
Electric and alternate fuel vehicle safety.

    Specific Crash Avoidance R&D topics are:

Truck crashworthiness/occupant protection,
Truck tire traction,
Portable data acquisition system for crash avoidance research,
Systems to enhance EMS response (automatic collision notification)
Vehicle motion environment,
Crash causal analysis,
Human factors guidelines for crash avoidance warning devices,
Longer combination vehicle safety,
Drowsy driver monitoring
Driver workload assessment, and
Performance guidelines for IVHS systems (approach).

    Questions regarding research projects that have been submitted in 
writing not later than close of business on June 19, 1995, will be 
answered as time permits. Beginning with this tenth meeting, the time 
allotted to answering questions has been increased. A transcript of the 
meeting, copies of materials handed out at the meeting, and copies of 
the suggestions offered by commenters will be available for public 
inspection in the NHTSA's Technical Reference Section, Room 5108, 400 
Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20590. Copies of the transcript will 
then be available at 10 cents a page, upon request to NHTSA's Technical 
Reference Section. The Technical Reference Section is open to the 
public from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    NHTSA will provide technical aids to participants as necessary, 
during the Research and Development Programs Meeting. Thus, any person 
desiring the assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TTDs), 
readers, taped texts, braille materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Rita Gibbons on 202-366-4862 by 
close of business June 21, 1995.

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Administrative Staff 
Assistant, Office of research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-5930.

    Issued: May 19, 1995.
George L. Parker,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-12832 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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