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Registered Importer Procedures and Requirements
Registered Importer Newsletters (Nos 1-15)
Registered Importer Newsletter No. 23 / September 2004
Grant of Petition for Rulemaking
NHTSA grants an August 20, 1996 petition for rulemaking from Consumers Union
How To Become A Registered Importer
 Studies/Reports
Preliminary Results Analyzing the Effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Systems
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111   NPRM to Require a Rear Detection System for Single-Unit Trucks
The agency estimates that approximately 79 fatalities per year (13 on-road and 66 off-road) and 148 injuries per year are attributable to straight trucks backing up. The agency believes that requiring a rear detection system will reduce the number of fatalities, injuries, and property damage crashes by giving truck operators the ability to detect objects behind the truck. In this analysis, we examine two possible counter-measures: a cross-view mirror system and a camera system.
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    Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS Program)
The Act establishes a new program under which the government will provide $3,500 or $4,500 to help consumers purchase or lease a new, more fuel efficient car, van, sport utility vehicle or pickup truck from a participating dealer when they trade in an old, less fuel efficient vehicle.
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  49 CFR Part 571 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rearview Mirrors
In response to a petition for rulemaking, this document proposes to require straight trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of between 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) and 11,793 kilograms (26,000 pounds) to be equipped with a rear object detection system.
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  49 CFR Parts 541, 542, 543 Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
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  49 CFR Part 591 Importation of Commercial Motor Vehicles
This document proposes to add a definition of the term "import" to our regulation on the importation of motor vehicles.
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216 49 CFR Parts 571 and 585 Roof Crush Resistance
As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this final rule upgrades the agency’s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways.
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  49 CFR Part 575 Consumer Information; New Car Assessment Program; Rollover Resistance
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