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DOT/NHTSA | RIN: 2127-AH81 | Publication ID: Fall 1999 |
Title: ●Headlamp Glare | |
Abstract: The current standard sets minimum and maximum intensities for headlamps to ensure that the two most important aspects of head lighting performance are balanced. These often conflicting aspects are (1) to assure the driver of the vehicles sees as much of the roadway possible, while (2) minimizing glare for other drivers using the road. The balance the agency has chosen of these two areas has changed very little since 1970. The agency has been receiving a significant number of public complaints about glare from other vehicles' headlamps. In light of significant technological changes, including improved halogen lamps and high intensity discharge lamps, fleet mix changes (nearly half of all new vehicles sold in 1998 were light trucks, with higher-mounted headlamps), and an increase in the age of the population, the agency wants to reexamine the balance it has chosen between seeing distance and glare to see if it is still appropriate. The agency will ask the public for comments and information to begin exploring this area more fully. | |
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 571.108 | |
Legal Authority: 49 USC 322 49 USC 30111 49 USC 30115 49 USC 30117 49 USC 30166 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Agency Contact: Stephen Kratzke Director, Office of Crash Avoidance Standard Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-4931 Fax:202 366-4329 Email: skratzke@nhtsa.dot.gov |