G/TBT/N/USA/919  
 
25 August 2014  
(14-4869)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration  (NHTSA), Department 
of Transportation (DOT) [937] 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Please submit comments to: 
USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point Email:  ncsci@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, wher e applicable): Motor vehicles. Road 
vehicle systems (ICS 43.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards: Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications (9 pages, in English)     
6. Description of content: This document initiates rulemaking that would propose to create 
a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS), FMVSS No. 150, to require vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication capability for light vehicles (passenger cars and light truck 
vehicles (LTVs)) and to create minimum performance requirements for V2V devices and 
messages. The agency believes that requiring V2V communication capability in new light vehicles would facilitate the development and in troduction of a number of advanced vehicle 
safety applications. Some crash warning V2V applications, like Intersection Movement 
Assist (IMA) and Left Turn Assi st (LTA), rely on V2V-based messages to obtain information 
to detect and then warn drivers of possible safety risks in situations where other technologies have less capability. Both of those applications address intersection crashes, 
which are among the most deadly crashes that  U.S. drivers currently face. NHTSA believes 
that V2V capability will not develop absent regulation, because there would not be any immediate safety benefits for consumers who are early adopters of V2V. V2V begins to 
provide safety benefits only if a significant number of vehicles in the fleet are equipped 
with it and if there is a means to ensure  secure and reliable communication between 
vehicles. NHTSA believes that no single manufacturer would have the incentive to build vehicles able to "talk" to other vehicles, if there are no other vehicles to talk to--leading to 
likely market failure without the creation of a mandate to induce collective action.  
Through this ANPRM, and through the accompan ying technical report, "Vehicle-to-Vehicle 
Communications: Readiness of V2V Technology for Application," NHTSA presents the 
results of its initial research efforts. In this report, NHTSA has done a very preliminary 
estimate of the costs of V2V and the benefits  for two V2V-based safety applications, IMA 
and LTA, for addressing intersection crashes and left-turning crashes, respectively. The 
report also explores technical, legal, security, and privacy issues related to the G/TBT/N/USA/919 
 
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  implementation of V2V. NHTSA seeks comment on the research report, and solicits 
additional information, data, and analysis that will aid the agency in developing an effective proposal to require new light vehicles to be V2V-capable. By mandating V2V 
technology in all new vehicles, but not requiring specific safety applications, it is NHTSA's 
belief that such capability will in turn facilitate market-driven development and introduction of a variety of safety applications, as well as mobility and environment-related 
applications that can potentially save drivers both time and fuel. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  79 Federal Register (FR) 49270, 20 August 2014; Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 20 October 2014 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-08-20/html /2014-19746.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-08-20/pd f/2014-19746.pdf