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required field of view for all passenger 

cars, trucks, multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, buses, and low-speed vehicles 

rated at 10,000 pounds or less, gross 

vehicle weight, as specified in the 

Cameron Gulbransen Kids 

Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (75 

FR 76186). NHTSA’s proposal would 

specify an area immediately behind 

each vehicle and require that the driver 

must be able to see that area when the 

vehicle’s transmission is in reverse, 

thereby minimizing the likelihood of a 

vehicle striking a pedestrian while 

performing a backing maneuver. The 

agency is announcing two separate 

public events to obtain additional 

public input related to this proposal. In 

a separate document appearing 

elsewhere in today’s edition of the 

Federal Register, the agency is 

correcting various minor errors 

regarding metric conversions, section 

cross references and other matters. 

The purpose of the first public event, 

a public technical workshop, is to 

provide interested parties an 

opportunity to discuss technical issues 

relevant to the test procedure. We are 

holding the workshop after our 

preliminary evaluation of comments 

suggests that various test procedure 

comments could be better presented 

using a ‘‘hands-on’’ approach. The 

workshop will be held in a lab 

environment. The agency will provide a 

vehicle and various test equipment to 

aid parties in demonstrating compliance 

testing concerns relevant to the 

proposed rule. 

The purpose of the second meeting, a 

public hearing, is to provide the public 

with an opportunity to present oral 

comments regarding NHTSA’s proposal. 

The agency wants to give the public this 

additional opportunity to express their 

views on effective ways of meeting the 

mandate in the Cameron Gulbransen 

Kids Transportation Safety Act. 

Technical Workshop Procedures 

To ensure that all interested persons 

have the benefit of the discussions at the 

workshop, we will arrange for a written 

transcript of the workshop. It will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

rulemaking. You may make 

arrangements for copies of the transcript 

directly with the court reporter. 

Because the technical workshop will 

be located in a lab environment, NHTSA 

requests that the number of those 

attending from each affiliation be held 

to a minimum. For security purposes, 

photo identification is required to enter 

NHTSA’s vehicle research test center. 

Public Hearing Procedures 

Once NHTSA establishes how many 

people have registered to speak at the 

public hearing, it will allocate an 

appropriate amount of time to each 

participant, allowing time for necessary 

breaks. In addition, we will reserve a 

block of time for anyone else in the 

audience who wants to give testimony. 

For planning purposes, each speaker 

should anticipate speaking for 

approximately ten minutes, although we 

may need to shorten that time if there 

is a large turnout. We will accommodate 

your requested presentation time to the 

extent we can, consistent with the other 

requests we receive. We request that you 

bring three copies of your statement or 

other material so that it can be placed 

into the docket. 

To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, we prefer that speakers not use 

technological aids (e.g., audio-visuals, 

computer slideshows). However, if you 

plan to do so, you must notify the 

contact person in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above in 

advance of the meeting and make 

advance arrangements with that person 

regarding the use of any aids in order to 

facilitate set-up. 

NHTSA will conduct the public 

hearing informally; thus, technical rules 

of evidence will not apply. Panel 

members may ask clarifying questions 

during the oral presentations, but will 

not respond to presentations at that 

time. We will arrange for a written 

transcript of the meeting. You may make 

arrangements for copies of the 

transcripts directly with the court 

reporter. 

This meeting will be held in the 

media room at the Department of 

Transportation West Building. 

Therefore, each participant must register 

with building security personnel and be 

escorted to the meeting room by the 

contact person in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section, or 

someone delegated by him for this 

purpose. Please arrive at the security 

desk sufficiently in advance of the 

expected time of your presentation to 

allow for the time necessary to obtain 

security clearance. The length of time 

will depend on the size of the audience 

seeking to attend the meeting. 

Public Comments 

Persons wishing to submit written 

comments related to the proposal or 

either public event may do so on or 

before the new comment closing date 

announced in this document. The 

agency will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the new comment closing date 

announced in the DATES section of this 

preamble. The comments will be 

available for examination in the docket 

at the above address both before and 

after that date. 

To minimize the interval between the 

issuance of the final rule and the 

original statutory deadline, the agency 

does not expect to be able to consider 

any late comments. Rulemaking action 

may proceed at any time after the 

comment due date. Any comments 

received after the closing date and too 

late for consideration in regard to the 

action will be treated as suggestions for 

future rulemaking. 

The NHTSA will continue to file 

relevant material as it becomes available 

in the docket after the closing date. It is 

recommended that interested persons 

continue to examine the docket for new 

material. 

Those persons desiring to be notified 

upon receipt of their comments in the 

public docket should enclose, in the 

envelope with their comments, a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Upon 

receiving the comments, the docket 

supervisor will return the postcard by 

mail. 

Issued on: February 24, 2011. 

Joseph S. Carra, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4736 Filed 2–28–11; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Parts 571 and 585 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0162] 

RIN 2127–AK43 

Rear Visibility; Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard, Rearview Mirrors; 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, 

Low-Speed Vehicles; Phase-in 

Reporting Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

corrections. 

SUMMARY: In December 2010, we 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking proposing to amend the 

agency’s Federal motor vehicle safety 

standard on rearview mirrors to improve 

the ability of a driver of a vehicle to 

detect pedestrians in the area 

immediately behind the vehicle and 

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vehicle’s striking a pedestrian while the 

vehicle is moving backward. This 

document corrects various minor errors 

regarding metric conversions, section 

cross references and other matters. In a 

separate document appearing in today’s 

edition of the Federal Register, the 

agency reopens the comment period for 

the proposal and announces plans for 

holding two public meetings regarding 

the proposal. 

DATES: The corrections made in this 

document are effective upon 

publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

non-legal issues, you may call Mr. 

Markus Price, Office of Crash Avoidance 

Standards (Phone: 202–366–0098; Fax: 

202–366–7002). For legal issues, you 

may call Mr. Steve Wood, Assistant 

Chief Counsel for Vehicle Rulemaking 

and Harmonization, (Phone: 202–366– 

2992; FAX: 202–366–3820). You may 

send mail to these officials at: National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 7, 2010, NHTSA published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 76186) a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

to expand the required field of view for 

all passenger cars, trucks, multipurpose 

passenger vehicles, buses, and lowspeed vehicles rated at 10,000 pounds 

or less, gross vehicle weight. 

Specifically, NHTSA proposed to 

specify an area immediately behind 

each vehicle that the driver must be able 

to see when the vehicle’s transmission 

is in reverse. It appears that, in the near 

term, the only technology available with 

the ability to comply with this proposal 

would be a rear visibility system that 

includes a rear-mounted video camera 

and an in-vehicle visual display. 

Adoption of this proposal would 

significantly reduce fatalities and 

injuries caused by backover crashes 

involving children, persons with 

disabilities, the elderly, and other 

pedestrians. This proposal was issued in 

response to the Cameron Gulbransen 

Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007, 

which directs NHTSA to issue a final 

rule amending the agency’s Federal 

motor vehicle safety standard on 

rearview mirrors to improve the ability 

of a driver to detect pedestrians in the 

area immediately behind his or her 

vehicle and thereby minimize the 

likelihood of a vehicle striking a 

pedestrian while its driver is backing 

the vehicle. 

We provided a 60-day comment 

period that ended February 7, 2011. In 

a separate document appearing 

elsewhere in today’s edition of the 

Federal Register, the agency reopens the 

comment period for the proposal and 

announces plans for holding two public 

meetings regarding the proposal. 

Correction of Errors 

In FR Doc. 2010–30353, beginning on 

page 76186 in the Federal Register of 

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, the 

following corrections are made: 

1. On page 76187, in the first column, 

Section VII of the Table of Contents 

references a subsection ‘‘Potential 

Alternatives’’. There is no such 

subsection; all discussion of alternatives 

appears in the subsection ‘‘Comparison 

of Regulatory Alternatives’’. Correct 

version of VII of the Table of Contents 

is: 

VII. Proposal to Mandate Improved Rear 

Visibility 

A. Proposed Specifications 

i. Improved Rear Field of View 

ii. Visual Display Requirements 

a. Rearview Image Size 

b. Image Response Time 

c. Image Linger Time 

d. Visual Display Luminance 

e. Other Aspects of Visual Display 

iii. Requirements for External System 

Components 

B. Proposed Compliance Tests 

i. Ambient Lighting Conditions 

ii. Rear Visibility Test Object 

iii. Rear Visibility Compliance Test 

Procedures 

a. Rear Field of View Test Procedure 

b. Rearview Image Size Test Procedure 

C. Proposed Effective Date and Phase-In 

Schedule 

D. Summary of Estimated Effectiveness, 

Costs and Benefits of Available 

Technologies 

E. Comparison of Regulatory Alternatives 

i. System Effectiveness 

ii. Costs 

iii. Benefits 

iv. Net Benefits 

v. Cost Effectiveness 

2. On page 76234, figure 6 is corrected 

to read as follows: 

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3. On page 76244, in the third 

column, the introductory language of 

S5.5.1.1 references ‘‘S14.1 through 


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S14.2.3’’. The correct reference is to 

‘‘S14.1 through S14.3.3’’. 

4. On page 76245, in the first column, 

the introductory language of S5.5.1.2 

references ‘‘S14.1 through S14.2.3’’. The 

correct reference is to ‘‘S14.1 through 

S14.3.3’’. 

5. On page 76245, in the first column, 

the introductory language of S5.5.2 

references ‘‘S14.2.1 through S14.2.3’’. 

The correct reference is to ‘‘S14.3.1 

through S14.3.3’’. 

6. On page 76245, in the third 

column, the third line of S6.2(a) 

contains the weight figure of ‘‘4.536 kg’’. 

The correct weight figure is ‘‘4,536 kg’’. 

7. On page 76245, in the third 

column, the third line of S6.2(b) 

contains the weight figure of ‘‘4.536 kg’’. 

The correct weight figure is ‘‘4,536 kg’’. 

8. On page 76246, in the first column, 

the sixth line of S6.2.3.2 contains the 

weight figure of ‘‘4.536 kg’’. The correct 

weight figure is ‘‘4,536 kg’’. 

9. On page 76246, in the first column, 

the sixth line of S6.2.3.3 contains the 

weight figure of ‘‘4.536 kg’’. The correct 

weight figure is ‘‘4,536 kg’’. 

10. On page 76245, in the third 

column, the introductory language of 

S6.2.1.1 references ‘‘S14.1 through 

S14.2.3’’. The correct reference is to 

‘‘S14.1 through S14.3.3’’. 

11. On page 76245, in the third 

column, the introductory language of 

S6.2.1.2 references ‘‘S14.1 through 

S14.2.3’’. The correct reference is to 

‘‘S14.1 through S14.3.3’’. 

12. On page 76246, in the first 

column, the introductory language of 

S6.2.2 references ‘‘S14.2.1 through 

S14.2.3’’. The correct reference is to 

‘‘S14.3.1 through S14.3.3’’. 

13. On page 76246, in the first 

column, the introductory language of 

S6.2.3.2 contains the percentage figure 

of ‘‘33 percent’’. The correct percentage 

is ‘‘10 percent’’. 

14. On page 76246, in the first 

column, the introductory language of 

S6.2.3.3 contains the percentage figure 

of ‘‘67 percent’’. The correct percentage 

is ‘‘40 percent’’. 

15. On page 76246, in the third 

column, the third line of S14.1.4 

references ‘‘S14.1.5(a) through (d)’’. The 

correct reference is to ‘‘S14.1.4(a) 

through (d)’’. 

16. On page 76246, in the third 

column, the first line of S14.1.4(a) 

references ‘‘cylinders G and F’’. The 

correct reference is to ‘‘cylinders F and 

G’’. 

17. On page 76246, in the third 

column, the sixth line of S14.1.4(a) 

references ‘‘cylinders E and D’’. The 

correct reference is to ‘‘cylinders D and 

E’’. 

18. On page 76247, in the first 

column, the eighth line of S14.1.4(a) 

contains the distance figure of ‘‘0.9 m’’. 

The correct distance figure is ‘‘3.05 m’’. 

19. On page 76247, in the first 

column, the third line of S14.1.4(c) 

contains the distance figure ‘‘1.5 m’’. The 

correct distance figure is ‘‘1.52 m’’. 

20. On page 76247, in the first 

column, the fourth line of S14.1.4(c) 

contains the direction ‘‘left’’. The correct 

direction is ‘‘right’’. 

21. On page 76247, in the first 

column, the third line of S14.1.4(d) 

contains the distance figure ‘‘1.5 m’’. The 

correct distance figure is ‘‘1.52 m’’. 

22. On page 76247, in the first 

column, the fourth line of S14.1.4(d) 

contains the direction ‘‘right’’. The 

correct direction is ‘‘left’’. 

23. On page 76247, in the third 

column, the sixth and seventh lines of 

S14.3.3 contain the temperature range 

‘‘176° ± 5° F (60° ± 3° C)’’. The correct 

temperature range is ‘‘176° ± 5° F (80° 

± 3° C)’’. 

24. On page 76248, Figure 5 is 

corrected to read as follows: 


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Issued on: February 24, 2011. 

Joseph S. Carra, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4737 Filed 2–28–11; 11:15 am] 

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