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Proposed Rule2024-20651

Make Inoperative Exemptions; Retrofit Air Bag On-Off Switches and Air Bag Deactivations

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Published
September 17, 2024

Issuing agencies

Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Abstract

This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes amendments to the requirements and processes for individuals to request that the agency permit them to have an air bag on-off switch installed in their vehicle. The proposed amendments would eliminate the sunset date, and would also narrow the population of people eligible to have an on-off switch installed. Furthermore, the agency also proposes amendments to several appendices, and proposes the addition of a new appendix. Lastly, this NPRM proposes that NHTSA codify its process for reviewing requests for air bag deactivations, which are currently granted or denied through the agency's enforcement discretion. In this document, NHTSA solicits feedback from the public to better inform the agency's decision-making on the proposed amendments.

Indexed from Federal Register on September 17, 2024.

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