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ADS-Equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025. Comments closed on March 17, 2025.
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What the agency says
This document proposes a voluntary framework for the evaluation and oversight of motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). The ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program (AV STEP) would establish a national program for ADS-equipped vehicles that operate or may operate on public roads in the United States under NHTSA's oversight with the goal of improving public transparency related to the safety of certain ADS-equipped vehicles, while allowing for responsible development of this technology. This proposal includes procedures for application, participation, public reporting, and program administration. It identifies content requirements for applications, including independent assessments of ADS safety processes, such as the safety cases used and conformance to industry standards. These application requirements will inform NHTSA's decisions on terms and conditions for participation. The proposal also contains reporting requirements for participants, including periodic and event-triggered reporting.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-30854
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Transportation Department; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Published
- January 15, 2025
- Comments due
- March 17, 2025
- Dates
- Comments are requested on or before March 17, 2025. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA is also seeking comment on a new information collection. For additional information, see subsection D (Paperwork Reduction Act) under Section IX (Regulatory Notices and Analyses). All comments relating to the information collection requirements should be submitted to NHTSA and to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section on or before March 17, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0100
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2127-AM60
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 595; 49 CFR 597
- Topics
- Imports; Labeling; Motor vehicle safety; Motor vehicles; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 61
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