Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014”.
Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Motor vehicle pedestrian protection
Rulemaking— Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, through the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall issue a final rule that—
establishes standards for the hood and bumper areas of motor vehicles, including passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less, in order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities suffered by pedestrians who are struck by such vehicles; and
considers protection of vulnerable pedestrian populations, including children and older adults.
Sec. 3 Pedestrian safety roadway improvements
Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting “including pedestrian hybrid beacons,” after “traffic control signalization,”; and
by inserting “roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including pedestrian sidewalks and crossing islands,” after “safety rest areas,”.
Sec. 4 Inclusion of safety advertising campaigns in highway safety improvement projects
Section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(xxv) Safety public awareness campaigns.”