Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Roads Act of 2015”.
Safe Roads Act of 2015
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Motor vehicle safety standard
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard under section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, that requires a commercial motor vehicle to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system.
Sec. 3 Minimum safety standards for commercial motor vehicles
The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a regulation under section 31136 of title 49, United States Code, that requires all commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 4 Definitions
In this Act:
Commercial motor vehicle— The term “commercial motor vehicle” has the meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49, United States Code.
Forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system— The term “forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system” means a system on a motor vehicle that, based on a predefined distance and closing rate with respect to an obstacle in the path of the vehicle—
alerts the driver of the obstacle; and
if necessary to avoid or mitigate a collision with the obstacle, automatically applies the brakes of the vehicle.