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qulrement8 lor an ltem ot B8fety equtpm8nt.<br />
'I'tre<br />
Btudy mu8t hka lnto gccount reEeerch<br />
&n(l teat dets avallEble lrom auy Bource. Ibr<br />
thls purps6, the CdmmtE8lon may .'collGct,<br />
cafrelete, f,nElya <strong>and</strong> cvdlueto" re8eMch End<br />
t68ts carrled<br />
lnd prtvate.<br />
on by other Egencle8. publld<br />
But ercopt tot luch ,,llbrsytyp6"<br />
restarch, lt lE not ButhorlE4d td carry<br />
dh Eny reseuch Bnd te8tln8 ol ltr OWn, It<br />
hBy contract lor re8of,rch Bnd tcEtlng, but<br />
only ll requestrd to do Bo by 4 rtat6 or<br />
governmental Egency, <strong>and</strong> thon only lt th6<br />
tequsttng Eg€ncy provlds tbe nHsrty<br />
fund8. Ttr6 Comnrlsslon hsy not sccspt prlvate<br />
funds tor cny purpo6e,<br />
On the basls ol lt8 6tudy ot necd, the tntcr-<br />
EtUte flEency must publlah B ttpott. No IGS<br />
thon slxty dBys lBter, lt mUBt hotd one or<br />
more publlc heArlnBs,<br />
FlDally, Alter tlleEs Et6pE orc Completed.<br />
"trIrd<br />
wlth due fegsrd lor Btmd8rds rffotnmcnded<br />
by approprl&to prole&loEel <strong>and</strong> tech-<br />
Dlcnl Ss(ElstloDa <strong>and</strong> agenclea," the Commission<br />
nray lsEue recommended<br />
latlons or codct,<br />
lul66, tegu-<br />
Perty BtstEr ar6 obllgeted td codstder the<br />
rules, regulotlotrE or codea lffiued by tlr6<br />
Comml8olon, but they ar! zot obllBBted to<br />
Eccept thetn, Ono ol the two qlt6rnBtlv6<br />
methodo of sdoptlon rtrlurcg B.tilrhBttve Ection<br />
by the stBt4 le8l6latur6 lor th6 ruI6,<br />
fe8ulstlon or code to tak6 €d6ct. Thc aftond<br />
altrlrn4tlve method IE EdoptloD by gdmtb,lEtrativo<br />
Ectlon o! a pdrty Btste'E motor vphtclG<br />
n8ency- Il 4 StAte Ch@BeB thl8 ElternatlvG,<br />
ItE motor vehlcle a8ency mu6t adoFt tho rule,<br />
re8ulBilon or codc wtthln 6lx honth8. The<br />
trdhtDlEtrative Egency nr*y<br />
"decllns<br />
to<br />
4d{)pt" but only alter publlc lrcarlnB, s Bpsclnc<br />
llndlng that e vartEtton from ths commlsslerr'6<br />
recomendatlon'lfi nfteBufy to<br />
thc pulrllc ts4fety," end s recltsl of tll6 teB-<br />
E(,nE olr wltl(lr tttc tlndln* ls beEcd. Fortyfour<br />
statca orrd tll6.Dlatrtct ef CqlumbtB aro<br />
now metrrbera (t the comp8ct- In trll bUt<br />
E lew of the member Eteta:A the enBbllnc<br />
leBlslrtl()n IlrovldeE thot th6 l€Btrlstufe hUs;<br />
pEsE upon sterl(lBrds propsed by thc VESC,<br />
We m8y onty EueEs trow ldnB the Bdopilon<br />
of m{)tor vehlcle Eelety Et<strong>and</strong>ard8 by tho<br />
VEriC ml8lrt take, Elnce lt hsa never y6t<br />
trdopted one, althouBh Congres Buthorlzed<br />
the formatlon ol lnter8tete comp8cts ln th6<br />
tleld of traflc Eslety by passsBe ol the Be8msr<br />
re6elutiorr ln 1958 <strong>and</strong> tho VBSC ws orBEnleed<br />
ln 1963, Burely, howsver, tl16 Etudy<br />
ol n€ed, trubucAl,lon ot E relrcrt, holdtDg ol<br />
oho ot more hcGlnBs Eftsr Bn tDtGnal ol Bt<br />
lefft Elriy dtryr, coDEtde$tlon ol 8ta[darda<br />
fecammended by epproprt4tG FroleffilonEl<br />
<strong>and</strong> technlRl ffiEoclBtloru <strong>and</strong> agBncler, [nd<br />
flnally folmulatlon ol a ttahd*d pould @D-<br />
Eume E very comld6rabl6 perlod ol ilsf,<br />
Mofebver, Elnco thG propccd Mt would Euthortz6<br />
th6 ButoEobtlc menulactur;ti collectlvely<br />
to propoEo stBndfrdr to th. VISC<br />
ahd the cMpaot rcqulr€E tho VIEO to doD-<br />
Eider stEndAfd8 recommended by<br />
',apprcprt.<br />
8te proleBalonal End trchnlcal ffilatlon!<br />
End afeacleB" b.ror6 acttnB, th6 tutmoblls<br />
manulactuferE weuld bc Eblo to Eru Grtint<br />
to l4fluenca ths tlmlD8 0n lbtfoducttob ol<br />
hew ralaty dsvle!,<br />
The lhduatry proporal wouldl raqulfG tho<br />
<strong>Sec</strong>retary to sllow auch lnlttal ttho {hot 6rc€edlnB<br />
tWO yearE lrom thc d8t6 Ot rnsthont<br />
ol thlr Act) aE h6 conaldtrr rgsohrblo lor<br />
motor vrhlcle hsDulncturer8 to propsd ud<br />
lor th6 VESC to adopt<br />
vdhlclo salcty it<strong>and</strong>ard.<br />
e Fcrtlculil<br />
Pre8M&bly,<br />
motor<br />
thlt<br />
ruffiE the secr€tary murt allog teHonEbls<br />
tlme lor t,hc prdedute whtch has b+6n outllned<br />
to be carrlGd out, It bEy bo 8ffiG*bat<br />
opttmtsilc to thlnk thst thli pr*edurs coutd<br />
be cRffled out even wlth|l thG two-you<br />
hMlmlm<br />
pfted.<br />
tlme<br />
In any<br />
llhlt<br />
tvent<br />
whlch vould<br />
the Eecrstsy<br />
be lm-<br />
would<br />
have to allow reffinable ttms tor th6 V$8O<br />
to sct on tts owD bclore he would avon bG<br />
pemltted to prdF$g sn Epproprlate Bt8ndd(t<br />
to the VESC for lt8 corEtdelatloD, f, Etep<br />
which woulql t)e a prerequlslte to Fromulgstion<br />
of & lederal st<strong>and</strong>ffd by the Becretsry.<br />
Altlrou8h tlre lndnEtry proptral would pro.<br />
vide that the <strong>Sec</strong>retafy could requeDt tho<br />
VE;O to et upon htE proposal wtihl4 180<br />
day8 or Euch louger ttme ffi he mlght Bpcctfy,<br />
It would eppoBr thBt the VBSC compsct, tho<br />
organlzqtlon'6 leB*lly blndlng c6tEiltutton8l<br />
dftument, would requlre lt to gdhero to tho<br />
tlhe-comumln8 prftcdure shlch hr b€on<br />
outllned abovs, Il the VESC hsd not prevlouEly<br />
rEomrende.l B stendard on the Fartlclilar<br />
subject, It woul(l probably hsv€ to<br />
conduct the entlrg procceclltrg. Even ll lt<br />
had prevlously Etudled thc lnrtlculsr Bub-<br />
Jtct, lt vould, Et E mlnimum, have td publlah<br />
a new or ffierrded report. hold Daw<br />
hearlrrSs after allowlnE {r Elxty-dRy lnterval,<br />
And conalder the Opltrl()tlq ol epproprleto<br />
prDlffilonol trnd technlc4l aEaoclatl{)n4 end<br />
agencleF belore actlnF on the S€crebry l<br />
propoql, It aeems extremely unllkely thet<br />
aucrr I procedure coul(i br cufflecl out vlthln<br />
180 d&y8 or anythlnE opproxlmstlng th.lr<br />
pGrrod ol tlme, ahd the proF#ecl 4chffi6<br />
eppsEra tO ba hot only unnccBs8Bry <strong>and</strong> unde.lr4bl6<br />
but compleL6ty unporkable lf on6<br />
4sume8 that tho <strong>Sec</strong>retary wsuld reque8t<br />
the VESC to aci wltltln the l8o-dsy perled.<br />
Ttle 8.crtt4ry ?ould no doubt b6 iltrd.r<br />
hgvy presure to exerclEe the dlEcretlon<br />
whlch tho tndustry btll would Etve htm to<br />
allry a lolt8er perlod wlthln whlch the r/EiSC<br />
could re8poud io blE propo8al,<br />
In ord.er lor the secretary to oct under th6<br />
lnduEtry propffAl, ltowcver, not only would<br />
It be neceEsary to carry out the6e VEBC procredlng8,<br />
but the <strong>Sec</strong>rctBry would then hsvo<br />
to tlold ah APA srctlon,l proceedln* nu *"1t.<br />
It ls ctrgy te eqvlElon lt requlrtng nvr ye&rr<br />
or more befqrg the 8trretary lE abls to pfo.<br />
mulSEte enlorcenb16 st<strong>and</strong>qlda. wtth th6<br />
automoblle menulacturers thcmselves @ntrollhr8<br />
the tlmtnB to s grest.:xtent,<br />
AlthouBh IiIr, Buga8 Btnted belore thG<br />
Houo Commlttce On InterstEte snd Fortlgfl<br />
Cffisrce that<br />
by the ludustry<br />
the amendments prop*cd<br />
"would<br />
lnvolva no d6ley lh<br />
thE d6vcloprileflt end e8tabll8hmsnt ol nn.<br />
tldnal r*fety gttrndsrda," we belteve lt l,r<br />
obvlouE that thl8 E lar troh the 6se-<br />
Ih hl8 remBrkt upon rtgnlDg hftlffiauon<br />
g?18, ddlffln8 the wtrk ol Mfy 16 s t{r,<br />
tlonel TttrnBpoltotton Week, Pf6aldeEt Johnlon<br />
EtBtcd thst tb6 HtBhssy 8al6ty Act ol<br />
1966 "wlll ostEbrlah s progrffi ol rtrtct Betoty<br />
Et<strong>and</strong>afds lor our automobllc8." "t'h6<br />
alttrmtlv6<br />
to FedcrAl st<strong>and</strong>Fd8." hs nld,<br />
"lr<br />
Uhthlnkeble: 60 dlil{rent Bels ol Et<strong>and</strong>nrdr<br />
lor 60 dtfiGrcnt $t[teE," Tt6 lndutry prs<br />
pnal, whtlr lt would not rftult ln 60 dtfiGEEt<br />
rcti Ol stmd$dr, would pemlt dtfierGncil<br />
ffinB the tltBte8 to drlay lor B vory lotrg<br />
Fcrldd ol ttmc the lhtroducilon ot tGdGrd<br />
IttndatdE.<br />
Of,e Edditlonal re8p8ct ln shlah pdwd<br />
mlBht bc t€I.n lrofi thc EscretBry Bnd trMalcrrcd<br />
tO ths \IEIC under ttro lndurtry FrOpflAl<br />
satrents comment. Tho tndurtry FtopSAl,<br />
ln lectloD 102(d), would fegillfe, rBthcr<br />
tlIM quthorl4, the B&fetdy to sst8bllsh<br />
u r motol Vehlcle Eblety ct<strong>and</strong>8rd my abnd.<br />
ard l$ucd<br />
proprlatr<br />
by thc VEaC whtch he found<br />
md nec#ary to accompllsh<br />
ap-<br />
thc<br />
purps$ ol tho Act, Elnce under that 6ft'<br />
tlon thG Eftrotary Tould be Euthortzed to<br />
fltabllrh oth6r atEndffdE ohly tl my ext8tlng<br />
motot vehlcle salcty Etudard lt lnsdequate,<br />
hc vould probably be bared lrom t8tulng<br />
sy Et<strong>and</strong>ord €rccpt the 8t*ndtrd adoptGd<br />
by th6 vEBo, rntesB ho w6r6 vllllng to if,d<br />
thEt th6 VEBC Bt8ndard wB8 lnEdequate.<br />
Ttrs Socrstrry<br />
othet St8ndard<br />
mt8ht weU beltevo that tn-<br />
ws prelerable to the Btendsd<br />
rrcomm6nd6d by tir6 vF-Bc, d lthough h6<br />
ElBht not ltr prepffed to dstermlhe thst<br />
thd staD-dard recolrm<strong>and</strong>ad by thc VESO<br />
736 Vol.I
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