United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2013_register executive 2013-04-05 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7fba7c7 D09002ee1c7fba83e United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) provides comparative information on the safety of new vehicles to assist consumers with vehicle purchasing decisions and encourage motor vehicle manufacturers to make safety improvements. To maintain the relevance and effectiveness of NCAP, NHTSA has periodically updated the program, most recently in model year 2011. In response to the rapid development of vehicle safety technologies, especially in the area of crash avoidance, the agency is once again requesting public comments in order to help identify the potential areas for improvement to the program that have the greatest potential for producing safety benefits. This notice lists and describes potential areas of study for improving NCAP. The agency will use the comments it receives to aid it in developing a notice proposing near term upgrades to NCAP. The agency will also use the comments received in response to this notice to help it in developing a draft 5- year plan for the NCAP program outlining research that the agency plans to conduct as well as longer term upgrades it intends to pursue making to NCAP. 78 FR 20597 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-05/2013-07766 2013-07766 fr05ap13-28 4910-59-P Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0180 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-05/2013-07766 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-05/html/2013-07766.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-05/pdf/2013-07766.pdf 8 p. 20597 20604 78 FR 20597 Title 49 Part 575 49 CFR Part 575 New Car Assessment Program (NCAP); Federal Register Vol. 78, Issue PRORULE 2013-07766 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2013-07-05 Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0180 4910-59-P 2013-07766 Request for comments.

The U.S. New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) provides comparative information on the safety of new vehicles to assist consumers with vehicle purchasing decisions and encourage motor vehicle manufacturers to make safety improvements. To maintain the relevance and effectiveness of NCAP, NHTSA has periodically updated the program, most recently in model year 2011. In response to the rapid development of vehicle safety technologies, especially in the area of crash avoidance, the agency is once again requesting public comments in order to help identify the potential areas for improvement to the program that have the greatest potential for producing safety benefits. This notice lists and describes potential areas of study for improving NCAP. The agency will use the comments it receives to aid it in developing a notice proposing near term upgrades to NCAP. The agency will also use the comments received in response to this notice to help it in developing a draft 5- year plan for the NCAP program outlining research that the agency plans to conduct as well as longer term upgrades it intends to pursue making to NCAP.

You should submit your comments early enough to ensure that Docket Management receives them no later than July 5, 2013. For crashworthiness issues, you may contact Ms. Jennifer N. Dang, Division Chief, New Car Assessment Program, Office of Crashworthiness Standards (Telephone: 202-493-0598). For crash avoidance and advanced technology issues, you may contact, Mr. Clarke Harper, Crash Avoidance NCAP Coordinator (Telephone: 202- 366-1810). For legal issues, you may contact Mr. Steve Wood, Office of Chief Counsel (Telephone: 202-366-2992). You may send mail to any of these officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NVS-100, West Building, Washington, DC 20590-0001. New Car Assessment Program , http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html http://www.regulations.gov www.reginfo.gov www.safercar.gov Vol. 78, no. 66 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2013-04-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 381 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-05 P0b002ee18403316f 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05ap13 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-05/pdf/FR-2013-04-05.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-05/xml/FR-2013-04-05.xml fdlp 20409 20781 DGPO 2013-04-05 2024-06-03 FR-2013-04-05 machine generated eng FR FR-2013-04-05 78 66