Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2955
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-06-20
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Motor vehicles

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill allows a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus to be equipped with a pulsating light system for high mounted stop lamps.</p> <p>The term &quot;pulsating light system&quot; means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which: (1) the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two seconds when the vehicle brake is applied and then converts to a continuous light until the brake is released, and (2) the rapid pulsing may not be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a lock-out period of five seconds after the brake's release.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2017 Mr. Engel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the installation of pulsating light systems for high mounted stop lamps, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2017 . 2. Rear-end collision avoidance systems (a) Amendment Subchapter II of chapter 301 of part A of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 30129. Rear-end collision avoidance systems (a) Pulsating light systems allowed A passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus may be equipped with a pulsating light system. (b) Definition As used in this section, pulsating light system means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which— (1) when the brake of the vehicle is applied, the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two seconds and then converts to a continuous light as a normal stop lamp until the time that the brake is released; and (2) the rapid pulsing described in paragraph (1) may not be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a lock-out period of at least five seconds after the release of the brake described in paragraph (1). . (b) Revision to Code of Federal Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall update the entry for high mounted stop lamp in Table 1–a of section 571.108 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, in accordance with the amendment made by subsection (a). (c) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 301 of part A of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 30129. Rear-end collision avoidance systems. .