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fr24ja96R Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Rear Impact Guards; Rear Impact
Protection; Final Rule

fr26ja98R Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Rear Impact Guards; Rear Impact Protection; Final Rule

ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration;
technical amendment; denial of petition to extend the effective date.

fr26ja98r in pdf

fr08au96R Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices (Tractor Conspicuity)

fr08au96r in pdf

fr31mr99r Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices (Pre-1993 Trailer Conspicuity)

fr31mr99r in pdf

FHWA and FMCSA

FMCSA's U.S. Conspicuity Requirements for Commercial Motor Vehicles PDF Document

Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Rear Impact Guards and Rear Impact Protection; 49 CFR Part 393; Final rule; published: 09/01/99; Effective Date: 10/01/99; [FHWA Docket No. FHWA-97-3201]; 64 FR 47703.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/090199b.pdf

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/090199b.txt

Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Lighting Devices, Reflectors, and Electrical Equipment; Final Rule; (popularly known as the "Trailer pre-93 Conspicuity Rule") 49 CFR Part 393; published 03/31/99; Effective Date: 6/1/99; [FHWA Docket No. MC-94-1; FHWA-1997-2222]; 64 FR 15587.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/033199.pdf

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/033199.txt

Links to Title 49, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Part 380 - Special Training Requirements
Part 382 - Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing
Part 383 - Commercial Driver´s License Standards Requirements and Penalties
Part 385 - Safety Fitness Procedures
Part 387 - Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers
Part 390 - General Safety Regulations
Part 391 - Qualification of Drivers
Part 392 - Driving of Commercial Vehicles

Subpart C - Stopped Vehicles
392.22 - Emergency signals; stopped commercial motor vehicles.
392.24 - Emergency signals; flame-producing.
392.25 - Flame producing devices.

Part 393 - Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation

Parts 393.100 thru 393.136 - Cargo Load Securement
Driver´s Handbook on Securement

Part 395 - Hours of Service of Drivers
Hours of Service - More Info

Part 396 - Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance
Part 398 - Transportation of Migrant Workers
Part 399 - Employee Safety and Health Standards.

World Regulations

ECE R93 The European Front Underrun Protection Device Regulation PDF Document

Directive 2005/66/EC European Bull Bars

The new Canadian Rear Guard Regulation

DIRECTIVE 89/297/EEC - Lateral protection (side guards) of certain motor vehicles and their trailers

Brazilian underride guard regulation that correctly exceeds unsafe U.S. and European Standards