NTSB makes safety recommendations to NHTSA.
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Press Release Summary:
According to NTSB, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should develop, in conjunction with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a Web-based database of FMVSS-compliant passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles that can be utilized by federal, state, and local enforcement inspection personnel to identify non-FMVSS-compliant passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles so they can be placed out of service. NHTSA should also implement process to periodically update database.
Original Press Release:
NTSB Safety Recommendations H-09-30 and -31
The NTSB makes the following recommendations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Develop, in conjunction with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a Web-based database of FMVSS-compliant passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles that can be utilized by federal, state, and local enforcement inspection personnel to identify non-FMVSS-compliant passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles so that these vehicles (other than exempted vehicles) are placed out of service and cease operating in the United States. Implement a process to periodically update this database. (H-09-30)
When the database requested in Safety Recommendation H-09-30 is completed, make the database known and accessible to state vehicle registration agencies and to federal, state, and local enforcement inspection personnel for their use during roadside inspections and compliance reviews to identify non-FMVSS-compliant passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles. (H-09-31)
http://ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2009/H09_30_31.pdf
The complete recommendation letter is available on the Web at the URL indicated above.
The letter is in the Portable Document Format (PDF) and can be read using the Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later from Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html).
An archive of recommendation letters is available at www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/letters.htm.
Electronic versions of letters may or may not include enclosures; however, related publications, accident briefs, and aviation accident synopses may be found on the NTSB website.
