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 2016_register executive 2016-09-23 article Notices D09002ee1c7f3a70a D09002ee1c7f3a7f1 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 Automotive technology is at a moment of rapid change and may evolve farther in the next decade than in the previous 45-plus year history of the Agency. As the automobile industry moves toward fully automated (self-driving) vehicles and other innovative mobility solutions, NHTSA seeks to facilitate the advance of automated technologies that currently present safety improvements and that, in the future, are likely to improve safety and decrease the number of crashes, traffic fatalities, and serious injuries on U.S. roadways. NHTSA is commanded by Congress to protect the safety of the driving public against unreasonable risks of harm that may occur because of the design, construction, or performance of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment, and to mitigate risks of harm, including risks that may be emerging or contingent. As NHTSA has always done when evaluating new vehicle technologies, the Agency will be guided by its statutory mission, the laws it is obligated to enforce, and the benefits of the emerging automated safety technologies appearing on U.S. roadways. NHTSA has broad enforcement authority under existing statutes and regulations to address existing and emerging automated safety technologies. This Enforcement Guidance Bulletin sets forth NHTSA's current views on its enforcement authority--including its view that when vulnerabilities in automated safety technology or equipment pose an unreasonable risk to safety, those vulnerabilities constitute a safety-related defect--and suggests guiding principles and best practices for motor vehicle and equipment manufacturers in this context. 81 FR 65705 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-23/2016-23010 2016-23010 fr23se16-113 4910-59-P Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0040 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-23/2016-23010 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-23/html/2016-23010.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-23/pdf/2016-23010.pdf 5 p. 65705 65709 81 FR 65705 NHTSA Enforcement Guidance Bulletin 2016-02: Safety-Related Defects and Automated Safety Technologies; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue NOTICE 2016-23010 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0040 4910-59-P 2016-23010 Final notice.

Automotive technology is at a moment of rapid change and may evolve farther in the next decade than in the previous 45-plus year history of the Agency. As the automobile industry moves toward fully automated (self-driving) vehicles and other innovative mobility solutions, NHTSA seeks to facilitate the advance of automated technologies that currently present safety improvements and that, in the future, are likely to improve safety and decrease the number of crashes, traffic fatalities, and serious injuries on U.S. roadways. NHTSA is commanded by Congress to protect the safety of the driving public against unreasonable risks of harm that may occur because of the design, construction, or performance of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment, and to mitigate risks of harm, including risks that may be emerging or contingent. As NHTSA has always done when evaluating new vehicle technologies, the Agency will be guided by its statutory mission, the laws it is obligated to enforce, and the benefits of the emerging automated safety technologies appearing on U.S. roadways. NHTSA has broad enforcement authority under existing statutes and regulations to address existing and emerging automated safety technologies. This Enforcement Guidance Bulletin sets forth NHTSA's current views on its enforcement authority--including its view that when vulnerabilities in automated safety technology or equipment pose an unreasonable risk to safety, those vulnerabilities constitute a safety-related defect--and suggests guiding principles and best practices for motor vehicle and equipment manufacturers in this context.

Justine Casselle or Elizabeth Mykytiuk, Office of the Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, at (202) 366-2992. Guidance: Safety-Related Defects and Automated Safety Technologies , Vol. 81, no. 185 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-09-23 continuing daily deposited born digital 333 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-23 P0b002ee1915cf12c 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr23se16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-23/pdf/FR-2016-09-23.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-23/xml/FR-2016-09-23.xml fdlp 65531 65852 DGPO 2016-09-23 2024-06-01 FR-2016-09-23 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-09-23 81 185