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"The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Vehicle Safety Act), NHTSA’s organic statute, creates a self-certification system of compliance, in which vehicle and equipment manufacturers certify that their products meet applicable standards. NHTSA chooses vehicles and equipment from the fleet to test for compliance, and pursues enforcement actions when the Agency finds either a non-compliance or a defect posing an unreasonable risk to safety.
NHTSA does not pre-approve new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle technologies. NHTSA will continue to exercise its available regulatory authority over Automated Driving Systems (or ADS) using its existing regulatory tools: interpretations, exemptions, notice-and-comment rulemaking, and defects and enforcement authority. NHTSA has the authority to identify safety defects, allowing the Agency to recall vehicles or equipment that pose an unreasonable risk to safety even when there is no applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS).
It is important to note that NHTSA does not prohibit the introduction of new motor vehicles or motor vehicle technologies into the vehicle fleet, provided those vehicles and technologies meet existing FMVSS.1 A vehicle or equipment manufacturer need ask NHTSA about a new technology or vehicle design only when it will not comply with applicable standards, or when there might be a question as to compliance. If a manufacturer anticipates having such a question, then requests for interpretations, exemptions, and rulemakings are the methods that a manufacturer can use to pursue answers from the Agency. Occasionally, some of these regulatory tools have taken several months to several years for NHTSA to issue, but the Agency has committed to expediting its actions regarding automation. To aid regulated entities and the public in understanding the use of the Agency’s regulatory tools (including the introduction of new ADS), NHTSA has prepared an information and guidance document. This document, which has wider application beyond automation, provides instructions, practical guidance, and assistance to entities seeking to employ those tools."
That's right in he United States of America the rules and regulations are COMPLIANCE to statues set out by SELF CERTIFICATION.
And that's an absolute fact. Their own documents STATE this. But it's a very complicated mess. I'll come back to this. I'll need to re read this a few times, LOL!
NHTSA does not pre-approve new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle technologies. NHTSA will continue to exercise its available regulatory authority over Automated Driving Systems (or ADS) using its existing regulatory tools: interpretations, exemptions, notice-and-comment rulemaking, and defects and enforcement authority. NHTSA has the authority to identify safety defects, allowing the Agency to recall vehicles or equipment that pose an unreasonable risk to safety even when there is no applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS).
It is important to note that NHTSA does not prohibit the introduction of new motor vehicles or motor vehicle technologies into the vehicle fleet, provided those vehicles and technologies meet existing FMVSS.1 A vehicle or equipment manufacturer need ask NHTSA about a new technology or vehicle design only when it will not comply with applicable standards, or when there might be a question as to compliance. If a manufacturer anticipates having such a question, then requests for interpretations, exemptions, and rulemakings are the methods that a manufacturer can use to pursue answers from the Agency. Occasionally, some of these regulatory tools have taken several months to several years for NHTSA to issue, but the Agency has committed to expediting its actions regarding automation. To aid regulated entities and the public in understanding the use of the Agency’s regulatory tools (including the introduction of new ADS), NHTSA has prepared an information and guidance document. This document, which has wider application beyond automation, provides instructions, practical guidance, and assistance to entities seeking to employ those tools."
That's right in he United States of America the rules and regulations are COMPLIANCE to statues set out by SELF CERTIFICATION.
And that's an absolute fact. Their own documents STATE this. But it's a very complicated mess. I'll come back to this. I'll need to re read this a few times, LOL!
