 Air Bag Notices and Rules |
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Recent Federal Register notices relating to air bags.
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Deactivation of air bags in existing vehicles (49 CFR Part 595)
- Proposed Rule
- January 6, 1996, 62 FR 831, Docket No. 74-14; Notice 107
- Depowering of air bags in new vehicles (49 CFR Part 571)
- This rule allows vehicle manufacturers to offer air bags that are less powerful, as an interim step to reduce the danger they pose to children and short statured drivers.
- Final Rule
- March 19, 1997, 62 FR 12960, Docket No. 74-14, Notice 114, RIN 2127 - AG59
- Final Regulatory Evaluation
- This document contains a detailed costs and benefits analysis of the final rule.
Docket No. 74-14-N114-001. For the full document see Docket No. 74-14-N114-001.
- Proposed Rule
- January 6, 1996, 62 FR 807, Docket No. 74-14; Notice 108
- Request for comments on a petition to eliminate the unbelted test for air bags
- 49 CFR Part 571, [February 27, 1997, Docket No. 74-14, Notice 113]
This notice requests comments on a petition by Senator Dirk Kempthorne to eliminate the unbelted dummy test from NHTSA's occupant protection standard.
- Manual cutoff switches for the passenger-side air bag
- in vehicles with no rear seat or inadequate rear seat.
49 CFR Part 571, [January 6, 1997, Docket No. 74-14; Notice 109]
This rule extends to 2001 the time period during which vehicle manufacturers can install cutoff switches in vehicles that cannot accommodate rear-facing child restraints in the rear.
- Air Bag Labeling Rule 49 CFR Part 571
- Docket No. 74-14; Notice 103
This rule requires the installation of attention getting warning labels in new vehicles that have air bags that are not advanced and on rear facing child seats.