USA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Occupant Protection for Automated Driving Systems (ADS)

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The Federal Register of the USA has published on March 31, 2020, a notice of proposed rulemaking on vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) that lack the traditional manual controls necessary for human drivers.

This notice seeks comments for future modernization of FMVSS´s on crashworthiness foreseeing barriers´ removal to ADS-equipped vehicles and the unconventional interior designs expected to accompany these vehicles.

FMVSS´s under scrutiny for modernization:

- FMVSS No. 201: Occupant protection in interior impact.

- FMVSS No. 203: Impact protection for the driver from the steering control system.

- FMVSS No. 204: Steering control rearward displacement.

- FMVSS No. 205: Glazing materials.

- FMVSS No. 206: Door locks and door retention components.

- FMVSS No. 207: Seating systems.

- FMVSS No. 208: Occupant crash protection.

- FMVSS No. 214: Side impact protection.

- FMVSS No. 216a: Roof crush resistance; Upgraded standard.

- FMVSS No. 225: Child restraint anchorage systems.

- FMVSS No. 226: Ejection Mitigation.

Comments to be received until May 29, 2020

No date for enforcement yet.

Source: G/TBT/N/USA/1593

Countries:

United States of America (USA)

Technical aspects:

Certification / Approval / Test Mark

Regions:

North-America

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