NHTSA Posts Report on Initiatives Addressing Safety Belt Use

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
July 30, 2003

NHTSA 36-03
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Contact: Rae Tyson
Telephone: (202) 366-9550

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released the third of four reports examining high priority safety concerns - safety belt use. It joins previous reports on vehicle compatibility and rollover mitigation. All are now available on the agency's World Wide Web site at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/IPTReports.html, also on the U.S. Department of Transportation's docket management system at http://www.nhtsa.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://dms.dot.gov/.

While the reports are final, the agency is offering the public the opportunity to comment on the agency's planned activities for each of the four documents. The comments will be considered for future agency efforts.

The docket numbers for each of the respective reports are Safety Belt Use, NHTSA-2003-14620 (now available); Vehicle Compatibility, NHTSA-2003-14623 (now available); Rollover Mitigation, NHTSA-2003-14622 (now available); and Impaired Driving, NHTSA-2003-14621.

Written comments may be submitted to the Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, PL 401, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Comments also may be submitted to the docket electronically at http://www.nhtsa.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://dms.dot.gov/. Click on "Help & Information" to obtain instructions for filing comments electronically. In every case, the comments should refer to the docket numbers.

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