[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11191-11192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4374]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2012-0015]


Insurance Cost Information Regulation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces NHTSA's publication of the 2012 text and 
data for the annual insurance cost information booklet that all car 
dealers must make available to prospective purchasers, pursuant to 49 
CFR 582.4. This information is intended to assist prospective 
purchasers in comparing differences in passenger vehicle collision loss 
experience that could affect auto insurance costs.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of this booklet or read 
background documents by visiting http://regulations.dot.gov at any 
time, or visiting Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE. Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carlita Ballard, Office of 
International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE. Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard's telephone 
number is (202) 366-5222. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Pursuant to section 201(e) of the Motor Vehicle Information and 
Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. 1941(e), on March 5, 1993, 58 FR 12545, 
NHTSA amended 49 CFR part 582, Insurance Cost Information Regulation, 
to require all dealers of automobiles to distribute to prospective 
customers information that compares differences in insurance costs of 
different makes and models of passenger cars based on differences in 
damage susceptibility.

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    Pursuant to 49 CFR 582.4, all automobile dealers are required to 
make booklets that include this comparative information, as well as 
certain mandatory explanatory text that is set out in section 582.5, 
available to prospective purchasers. Early each year, NHTSA produces a 
new version of this booklet to update the Highway Loss Data Institute's 
(HLDI) December Insurance Collision Report.
    NHTSA is mailing a copy of the 2012 booklet to each dealer that the 
Department of Energy uses to distribute the ``Gas Mileage Guide.'' 
Dealers will have the responsibility of reproducing a sufficient number 
of copies of the booklet to assure that they are available for 
retention by prospective purchasers by March 26, 2012. Dealers who do 
not receive a copy of the booklet within 15 days of the date of this 
notice should contact Ms. Ballard of NHTSA's Office of International 
Policy, Fuel Economy, and Consumer Programs (202) 366-5222 to receive a 
copy of the booklet and to be added to the mailing list. Dealers may 
also obtain a copy of the booklet through the NHTSA Web page at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/. From there, click on the Vehicle Safety tab, then 
choose the Vehicle-Related Theft category, on that page, under the 
Additional Resources Panel, click on 2012 Comparison of Insurance 
Costs.

(49 U.S.C. 32302; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50(f).)

    Issued on: February 17, 2012.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2012-4374 Filed 2-23-12; 8:45 am]
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