Have Your Say on the Summary of Discussion
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.
See the Draft Summary.
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