2018 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
July 30 NHTSA-0018-0034 49 CFR 1:48 - NHTSA seeks to automate the transfer of motor vehicle crash data from the states into a federal data warehouse IIHS encourages NHTSA to move forward with the state data transfer effort and increase its value by collecting full vehicle identification numbers (VINs). Collecting VINs, which help identify crash avoidance and driving automation features in vehicles, would be a major step in enabling researchers to estimate how such features affect crash risk.
2014 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
April 16 NHTSA-2014-0025 NHTSA request for approval of new information collection IIHS review of NHTSA recruitment and debriefing of human subjects for field study on vehicle occupant protection technologies
January 27 NHTSA-2013-0078 49 CFR 582 Insurance cost information regulation HLDI supports NHTSA’s goals to inform consumers about the damage susceptibility of vehicles and costs to insure them
2013 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
February 19 NHTSA-2012-0177 49 CFR 563 Event data recorders IIHS supports proposed requirement to install event data recorders (EDRs) in light vehicles and to standardize and expand the list of data elements EDRs must record to increase their usefulness in highway safety research
2012 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
July 25 NHTSA-2012-0084 National Automotive Sampling System IIHS supports proposed effort to modernize the National Automotive Sampling System and suggests improvements for future needs
March 5 NHTSA-2011-0174 49 CFR 571.114 Theft protection IIHS supports proposed rule for standardizing keyless ignition system startup and shutdown procedures among vehicles for theft protection and rollaway prevention and human factors research to improve understanding of safety issues
February 9 NHTSA-2010-0131 40 CFR 85 Control of air pollution from mobile sources; 40 CFR 86 Control of emissions from new and in-use highway vehicles and engines; 40 CFR 600 Fuel economy of motor vehicles; 49 CFR 523 Vehicle classification; 49 CFR 531 Passenger automobile average fuel economy standards; 49 CFR 533 Light truck fuel economy standards; 49 CFR 536 Transfer and trading of fuel economy credits; 49 CFR 537 Automotive fuel economy reports IIHS supports proposed fuel economy standards and continued use of a size-based system to help increase fuel economy while keeping manufacturers from significantly downweighting or downsizing vehicles
2009 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
December 1 NHTSA-2009-0059 40 CFR 86 Control of emissions from new and in-use highway vehicles and engines; 40 CFR 600 Fuel economy of motor vehicles; 49 CFR 531 Passenger automobile average fuel economy standards; 49 CFR 533 Light truck fuel economy standards; 49 CFR 537 Automotive fuel economy reports; 49 CFR 538 Manufacturing incentives for alternative fuel vehicles IIHS supports establishment of greenhouse gas emission standards and corporate average fuel economy standards for 2012-16 light-duty vehicles
July 1 NHTSA-2009-0106 OMB Control No. 2127–0021 IIHS supports the continuation of the National Automotive Sampling System/Crashworthiness Data System as well as expansion of the program to increase the scope of data collection and ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data collected
2001 Agency/Docket No. Standard/part Topic
January 4 NHTSA-2000-8446 Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act Proposed study of insurance data mandated by Congress including safety-related defects, noncrash fires, subrogation, and vehicle testing (comment)
2009 Committee Institute presenter Topic
May 18 U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Stephen L. Oesch Emerging vehicle safety issues