[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7207]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2005-20386]


Insurance Cost Information Regulation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces publication by NHTSA of the 2005 text 
and data for the annual insurance cost information booklet that all car 
dealers must make available to prospective purchasers, pursuant to 49 
CFR 582.4. This information is intended to assist prospective 
purchasers in comparing differences in passenger vehicle collision loss 
experience that could affect auto insurance costs.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of this booklet by 
contacting the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management, 
Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. [Docket 
hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rosalind Proctor, Chief, Consumer 
Standards Division, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 
(202-366-0846).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 201(e) of the Motor 
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. 1941(e), on March 
5, 1993, 58 FR 12545, the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) amended 49 CFR Part 582, Insurance Cost 
Information Regulation, to require all dealers of automobiles to 
distribute to prospective customers information that compares 
differences in insurance costs of different makes and models of 
passenger cars based on differences in damage susceptibility.
    Pursuant to 49 CFR 582.4, all automobile dealers are required to 
make available to prospective purchasers booklets that include this 
comparative information as well as certain mandatory explanatory text 
that is set out in section 582.5. Early each year, NHTSA produces this 
booklet updating the Highway Loss Data Institute's (HLDI) December 
Insurance Collision Report.
    NHTSA is mailing a copy of the 2005 booklet to each dealer that the 
Department of Energy uses to distribute the ``Gas Mileage Guide.'' 
Dealers will have the responsibility of reproducing a sufficient number 
of copies of the booklet to assure that they are available for 
retention by prospective purchasers by May 11, 2005. Dealers who do not 
receive a copy of the booklet within 15 days of the date of this notice 
should contact Ms. Rosalind Proctor of NHTSA's Office of International 
Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs (202) 366-0846 to receive a 
copy of the booklet and to be added to the mailing list. Dealers may 
also obtain a copy of the booklet through the NHTSA Web page at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/studies/InsCost. (49 U.S.C. 32302; 
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50(f).)

    Issued on: April 1, 2005.
Roger A. Saul,
Director, Crashworthiness Standards.
[FR Doc. 05-7207 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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