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Code · U.S. Code · Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION · CHAPTER 101— GENERAL PROVISIONS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL · § 10304

§ 10304. VEHICLE BACKOVER AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGY STUDY.

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In General .— The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall conduct a study of effective methods for reducing the incidence of injury and death outside of parked passenger motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds attributable to movement of such vehicles. The Administrator shall complete the study within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [ Aug. 10, 2005 ] and report its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
Specific Issues To Be Covered .— The study required by subsection
(a)shall— include an analysis of backover prevention technology; identify, evaluate, and compare the available technologies for detecting people or objects behind a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds for their accuracy, effectiveness, cost, and feasibility for installation; and provide an estimate of cost savings that would result from widespread use of backover prevention devices and technologies in motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 10,000 pounds, including savings attributable to the prevention of— injuries and fatalities; and damage to bumpers and other motor vehicle parts and damage to other objects.
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