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DOT/NHTSA RIN: 2127-AH81 Publication ID: Fall 2002 
Title: Headlamp Glare 
Abstract: The current standard sets minimum and maximum headlamp intensities to ensure the driver of the vehicle sees as much of the roadway as possible, while minimizing glare for other drivers using the road. The agency has been receiving a significant number of public complaints about headlamp glare from other vehicles. Technological changes, fleet mix changes, and an increase in the average driver age, cause the agency to reexamine seeing distance and glare. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule 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   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Request for Comments  09/28/2001  66 FR 49594   
Reopen Comment Period  11/30/2001  66 FR 59769   
Comment Period End  12/22/2001    
Comment Period End  01/28/2002    
NPRM  05/00/2003    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Richard Van Iderstine
Chief, Visibility and Injury Prevention Division NVS-121
Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Crash Avoidance Stds., 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-2720
Fax:202 366-4329