WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Event Data Recorders.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 28 by Jonathan Morrison, Administrator.
Summary: NHTSA published a final rule on December 18, 2024, in response to a mandate of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to establish the appropriate recording period in NHTSA's Event Data Recorder (EDR) regulation (49 CFR part 563). The final rule amended the pre-crash data capture requirements of EDRs by increasing the recording duration and sample rate from 5 seconds at 2 Hz to 20 seconds at 10 Hz. The agency received three petitions for reconsideration from the Alliance of Automotiv...