Act on Hwy and national transport

According to the Federal Highway Administration increased traffic 700% in the past four decades, since the national traffic and motor vehicle safety adopted Act, 1966. The law was in response to the growing number of deaths created vehicles and authorized the Federal Government set and manage vehicle safety standards engine and road safety. These mandates are found by 655.603 title 23, code of federal regulations (CFR), part 655.601 in title 23, United States Code, section 109 (d). AdministrationThe Act has developed rapidly. First, it was administered national transport agency by the Secretary of Commerce with a newly created, but when you created the Department of transport Congress explained that the legislation by the Secretary of transportation by a national Office of highway safety could be regulated. If the national Office for highway safety was completed in 1967, the national Office of Highway resumed security. 1970 Was announced Act road safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration successfully created the Office in implementing security developed in the national traffic and motor vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Act.StatisticsAccording security programs more than 1,700 dead and injured 840,000 are annually due to accidents car roads regulations to reduce road traffic injuries and deaths, injuries and property damage, despite extensive requirements of NHTSA specific act instructs, aligned to seven States act.PurposesThe "displayed beyond the speed; reduce injuries and deaths due to the" "Vehicles" promote good utiModellierung of devices for the protection of occupants, including safety belts and seats for children; Reduction of deaths and injuries that go from motor vehicle then affected by alcohol or a controlled Personnessubstance: prevent accidents and deaths and injuries caused by accidents involving vehicles and motorcycles; to reduce reduce injuries and deaths caused by accidents involving school buses. Reduction of accidents due to behavior dangerous behavior (including aggressive or tired and distracted driving out of the use of electronic devices in vehicles; and improve droit.Air BagsModern technology implementation services airbags now in the law, also known as supplemental restraint system include, integrated because they are designed, work best in combination with safety belts.) All new car passenger light trucks and vans have airbags, driver and passengers, and some new vehicles contain pillow of inflatable side impact. Cushion airbag deployment in the same frontal and in nearby frontal collisions that are comparable to beat a solid barrier to 8 to 14 miles to the hour.PedestriansThe file according to pedestrians and cyclists and obliges Member States to develop programs to improve their security. The Act promotes safe pedestrian and bicycle practices, educates drivers share of the road safely with other road users and offers secure facilities for pedestrians and cyclists through a combination of policy, implementation, communication, education, encouragement and engineering strategies.