[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3907]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Research and Development Programs Meeting
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will
describe and discuss specific research and development projects.
Further, the notice requests suggestions for topics to be presented by
the agency.
DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of
specific research and development projects on March 11, 1997, beginning
at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 5 p.m. The deadline for
interested parties to suggest agenda topics is 4:15 p.m. on February
21, 1997. Questions may be submitted in advance regarding the agency's
research and development projects. They must be submitted in writing by
February 27, 1997, to the address given below. If sufficient time is
available, questions received after the February 27 date will be
answered at the meeting in the discussion period. The individual,
group, or company asking a question does not have to be present for the
question to be answered. A consolidated list of the questions submitted
by February 27 will be available at the meeting and will be mailed to
requesters after the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Suites, Detroit Metro
Airport, 8600 Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan 48174. Suggestions for
specific R&D topics as described below and questions for the March 11,
1997, meeting relating to the agency's research and development
programs should be submitted to the Office of the Associate
Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is 202-366-5930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA intends to provide detailed
presentations about its research and development programs in a series
of public meetings. The series started in April 1993. The purpose is to
make available more complete and timely information regarding the
agency's research and development programs. This sixteenth meeting in
the series will be held on March 11, 1997.
NHTSA requests suggestions from interested parties on the specific
agenda topics to be presented. NHTSA will base its decisions about the
agenda, in part, on the suggestions it receives by close of business at
4:15 p.m. on February 21, 1997. Before the meeting, it will publish a
notice with an agenda listing the research and development topics to be
discussed. The agenda can also be obtained by calling or faxing the
information numbers listed elsewhere in this notice. NHTSA asks that
the suggestions be limited to six, in priority order, so that the
presentations at the March 11 R&D meeting can be most useful to the
audience. Specific R&D topics are listed below. Many of these topics
have been discussed at previous meetings. Suggestions for agenda topics
are not restricted to this listing, and interested parties are invited
to suggest other R&D topics of specific interest to their
organizations.
Specific R&D topics are:
On-line tracking system for NHTSA's research projects, and Crash
Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN).
Specific Crashworthiness R&D topics are:
Status of air bag aggressiveness and advanced air bag research,
Demonstration of CD ROM for child restraint/vehicle compatibility,
Preparation of new dummies for assessment of advanced air bag
technology, Status of research on restraint systems for rollover
protection, Improved frontal crash protection (program status, problem
identification, offset testing),
Advanced glazing research, Vehicle aggressivity and fleet
compatibility, Upgrade side crash protection, Upgrade seat and occupant
restraint systems, Child safety research (ISOFIX), Child restraint/air
bag interaction (CRABI) dummy testing, Truck crashworthiness/occupant
protection, National Transportation Biomechanics Research Center
(NTBRC), Head and neck injury research, Lower extremity injury
research, Thorax injury research, Human injury simulation and analysis,
Refinements to the Hybrid III dummy, and Advanced frontal test dummy.
Specific Crash Avoidance R&D topics are:
Strategic plan for NHTSA's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
crash avoidance research, Status and plans for anti-lock brake system
(ABS) research, Truck tire traction, Portable data acquisition system
for crash avoidance research (DASCAR), Systems to enhance EMS response
(automatic collision notification), Crash causal analysis, Human
factors guidelines for crash avoidance warning devices, Longer
combination vehicle safety, Drowsy driver monitoring, Driver workload
assessment, Pedestrian detection devices for school bus safety,
Preliminary rearend collision avoidance system guidelines, Preliminary
road departure collision avoidance system guidelines, Preliminary
intersection collision avoidance system guidelines, and Preliminary
lane change/merge collision avoidance system guidelines.
National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) topic is:
Special crash investigation studies of air bag cases.
Separately, questions regarding research projects that have been
submitted in writing not later than close of business on February 27,
1997, will be answered. A transcript of the meeting, copies of
materials handed out at the meeting, and copies of the suggestions
offered by commenters will be available for public inspection in the
NHTSA's Technical Reference Division, Room 5108, 400 Seventh St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Copies of the transcript will then be available
at 10 cents a page, upon request to NHTSA's Technical Reference
Division. The Technical Reference Division is open to the public from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
NHTSA will provide technical aids to participants as necessary,
during the Research and Development Programs Meeting. Thus, any person
desiring the assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language
interpreter, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TTDs),
readers, taped texts, braille materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Rita Gibbons on 202-366-4862 by
close of business March 5, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office
of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-5930.
Issued: February 11, 1997.
Ralph J. Hitchcock,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-3907 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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