49 USC § 30129 - Crash avoidance technology

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s30129"
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title: "49 USC § 30129 - Crash avoidance technology"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "30129"
section_name: "Crash avoidance technology"
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title IV, § 24208(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 823.)"
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# § 30129. Crash avoidance technology

**(a)** **In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a rule—

**(1)** to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology; and

**(2)** to require that all passenger motor vehicles manufactured for sale in the United States on or after the compliance date described in subsection (b) shall be equipped with—

**(A)** a forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking system that—

**(i)** alerts the driver if—

**(I)** the distance to a vehicle ahead or an object in the path of travel ahead is closing too quickly; and

**(II)** a collision is imminent; and

**(ii)** automatically applies the brakes if the driver fails to do so; and

**(B)** a lane departure warning and lane-keeping assist system that—

**(i)** warns the driver to maintain the lane of travel; and

**(ii)** corrects the course of travel if the driver fails to do so.

**(b)** **Compliance Date.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall determine the appropriate effective date, and any phasing-in of requirements, of the final rule promulgated pursuant to subsection (a).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title IV, § 24208(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 823.)