H.R. 3536 · 114th Congress
Safe Roads Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Hank Johnson
- Introduced
- 2015-09-17
- Latest action
- 2015-09-18 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Summary
Safe Roads Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe minimum motor vehicle safety standards requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system.
The term "forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system" means a system on a motor vehicle that:
alerts the driver of an obstacle; and if necessary to avoid or mitigate a collision with the obstacle, automatically applies the vehicle's brakes.