Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rearview Mirrors Correction

On March 27, 1995, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a final rule amending the field of view requirements for System A mirrors on school buses, such that those mirrors will no longer be required to provide a view of the ground forward of the rear wheels (60 FR 15690). Previously, System A mirrors were required to provide a view of the area beneath those mirrors, a view that overlapped with the vehicle's System B mirrors, which are also required. The effective date of the amendment was April 26, 1995. However, this new language was later inadvertently modified in two later, substantively unrelated amendments. This document corrects NHTSA's inadvertent modification of the relevant regulatory language.