Tire Efficiency Consumer Information BETA

This summary of the agency’s reasoning lets you react to specific paragraphs. For example, to react to the third paragraph, click either “Paragraph 3.” or the on the right margin. To see what others have said, click either the phrase “x comments” or the beside it To see summaries of other issues in the rule, go to the Rule Map.

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Moderator, Nov. 25, 2009, 11:50 AM

The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative research team would like to thank everyone who took part in the Regulation Room test public participation period from November 12 – 22, 2009.  917 people visited the site, 105 registered as users, and 21 users reacted to various parts of the proposed National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) rule: Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information Program.

A Draft Summary of that discussion has been prepared by the site moderators .  You are invited to review it  and suggest additions or changes from now until Friday, December 4.  At that time, we will review the suggestions and post a Final Summary, which will conclude the beta test.  If this were a live rule in which NHTSA was still accepting public comments, we would submit the Final Summary through regulations.gov.

NHTSA’s proposed new rating system for tire fuel efficiency, safety/wet traction, and durability/treadwear prompted considerable discussion.  For example, on the design of the proposed label (below), users in general agreed with NHTSA’s focus groups that bar graphs were the best format – and found unhelpfully confusing a label that would combined all three ratings in a triangular graphic.

NPRM Tire Fuel Efficiency Figure 7

NPRM Tire Fuel Efficiency Figure 7

See the Draft Summary.

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