Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5455
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2023-09-13
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Motor vehicles

Roads and highways

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill allows for the use of a pulsating light system for vehicle braking.</p><p>Specifically, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number&nbsp;108 (Standard 108)&nbsp;must be deemed to allow for the use of a pulsating light system on&nbsp;covered vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers, and motorcycles). The Department of Transportation must issue regulations to update Standard 108 to (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light systems, and (2)&nbsp;allow for the use of the systems on motor vehicles.</p><p>As background, Standard 108 regulates all automotive lighting, signaling, and reflective devices. Under the bill, a <em>pulsating light system</em> includes a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than 1.2 seconds when the brake of the vehicle is applied and then converts to a continuous light (as a normal stop lamp) until the brake is released.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5455 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 13, 2023 Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself and Mr. Trone ) 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 clarify certain regulations to allow for 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 2023 . 2. Rear-end collision avoidance systems (a) Clarification on pulsating light systems Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, Standard 108 shall be deemed to allow for the use of pulsating light system on vehicles covered by such Standard. (b) Rulemaking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to update Standard 108 to— (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light systems; and (2) allow for the use on motor vehicles of such systems. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Pulsating light system The term pulsating light system means a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which— (A) when the brake of the vehicle is applied, the lamp pulses rapidly no more than 4 times and for no more than 1.2 seconds, after which such lamp converts to a continuous light as a normal stop lamp until the time such brake is released; and (B) the pulses described in subparagraph (A) may not repeat upon a subsequent application of the brake of the vehicle for a lock-out period of at least 5 seconds after the release of the brake described in subparagraph (A). (2) Standard 108 The term Standard 108 means Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108, contained in section 571.108 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.