By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has withdrawn a 2012 proposal to revise Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, “Glazing Materials” by incorporating Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 6, “Safety Glazing Materials for Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.” After reviewing public comments, NHTSA has decided not to pursue a harmonized vehicle equipment regulation at this time pending additional research and information. 

FMVSS No. 205 sets performance requirements for all types of glazing that may be installed in passenger cars, MPVs, trucks, buses and motorcycles. The procedures for testing tempered glass, laminated glass, and glass-plastic glazing used in front windshields and rear and side windows would have been modified if GTR No. 6 was adopted. Specific upgrades would have included changes to the fragmentation test for curved tempered glass and a new procedure for testing an optical property of the windshield at the angle of installation to more accurately reflect real-world driving conditions.

NHTSA was unable to determine whether the proposed changes would improve or decrease safety, so it will monitor any new research and developments, including the Society of Automotive Engineers efforts to publish a new Glazing Standard, SAE Standard J3097 “Standard for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Operating on Land Highways.”

For more incorporation, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has withdrawn a 2012 proposal to revise Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, “Glazing Materials” by incorporating Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 6, “Safety Glazing Materials for Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.” After reviewing public comments, NHTSA has decided not to pursue a harmonized vehicle equipment regulation at this time pending additional research and information. 

FMVSS No. 205 sets performance requirements for all types of glazing that may be installed in passenger cars, MPVs, trucks, buses and motorcycles. The procedures for testing tempered glass, laminated glass, and glass-plastic glazing used in front windshields and rear and side windows would have been modified if GTR No. 6 was adopted. Specific upgrades would have included changes to the fragmentation test for curved tempered glass and a new procedure for testing an optical property of the windshield at the angle of installation to more accurately reflect real-world driving conditions.

NHTSA was unable to determine whether the proposed changes would improve or decrease safety, so it will monitor any new research and developments, including the Society of Automotive Engineers efforts to publish a new Glazing Standard, SAE Standard J3097 “Standard for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Operating on Land Highways.”

For more incorporation, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) is offering $10,000 in marketing outreach to Platinum-level SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show. The SDC is an industry-owned and -operated project that provides full product data-management capabilities to participating suppliers at the lowest possible cost.

Participating SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show that achieve or maintain SDC Platinum status (prior to July 12, 2019) will receive $10,000 in marketing exposure, including:

• A carpet/floor ad near your booth location.
• A meter panel listing in the SEMA Show lobbies.
• Ads in the 2019 September and November issues of SEMA News.
• A full-page ad in the October “SEMA Show Preview” issue of SEMA News.
• Listings in each of the four SEMA Show Daily issues.

To register, visit www.semadatacoop.org/platinum-rewards, click the “Register Now” button and fill out the requested information.

Questions? The West Coast/Texas contact for SDC is Tom Ameduri, 888-958-6698, ext. 9. The East Coast/Midwest contact for SDC is Jim Graven, 888-958-6698, ext. 4.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) is offering $10,000 in marketing outreach to Platinum-level SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show. The SDC is an industry-owned and -operated project that provides full product data-management capabilities to participating suppliers at the lowest possible cost.

Participating SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show that achieve or maintain SDC Platinum status (prior to July 12, 2019) will receive $10,000 in marketing exposure, including:

• A carpet/floor ad near your booth location.
• A meter panel listing in the SEMA Show lobbies.
• Ads in the 2019 September and November issues of SEMA News.
• A full-page ad in the October “SEMA Show Preview” issue of SEMA News.
• Listings in each of the four SEMA Show Daily issues.

To register, visit www.semadatacoop.org/platinum-rewards, click the “Register Now” button and fill out the requested information.

Questions? The West Coast/Texas contact for SDC is Tom Ameduri, 888-958-6698, ext. 9. The East Coast/Midwest contact for SDC is Jim Graven, 888-958-6698, ext. 4.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) is offering $10,000 in marketing outreach to Platinum-level SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show. The SDC is an industry-owned and -operated project that provides full product data-management capabilities to participating suppliers at the lowest possible cost.

Participating SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show that achieve or maintain SDC Platinum status (prior to July 12, 2019) will receive $10,000 in marketing exposure, including:

• A carpet/floor ad near your booth location.
• A meter panel listing in the SEMA Show lobbies.
• Ads in the 2019 September and November issues of SEMA News.
• A full-page ad in the October “SEMA Show Preview” issue of SEMA News.
• Listings in each of the four SEMA Show Daily issues.

To register, visit www.semadatacoop.org/platinum-rewards, click the “Register Now” button and fill out the requested information.

Questions? The West Coast/Texas contact for SDC is Tom Ameduri, 888-958-6698, ext. 9. The East Coast/Midwest contact for SDC is Jim Graven, 888-958-6698, ext. 4.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) is offering $10,000 in marketing outreach to Platinum-level SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show. The SDC is an industry-owned and -operated project that provides full product data-management capabilities to participating suppliers at the lowest possible cost.

Participating SDC manufacturers exhibiting at the 2019 SEMA Show that achieve or maintain SDC Platinum status (prior to July 12, 2019) will receive $10,000 in marketing exposure, including:

• A carpet/floor ad near your booth location.
• A meter panel listing in the SEMA Show lobbies.
• Ads in the 2019 September and November issues of SEMA News.
• A full-page ad in the October “SEMA Show Preview” issue of SEMA News.
• Listings in each of the four SEMA Show Daily issues.

To register, visit www.semadatacoop.org/platinum-rewards, click the “Register Now” button and fill out the requested information.

Questions? The West Coast/Texas contact for SDC is Tom Ameduri, 888-958-6698, ext. 9. The East Coast/Midwest contact for SDC is Jim Graven, 888-958-6698, ext. 4.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law.

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law. Currently, historic military vehicles include vehicles and trailers 25 years or older that were manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and maintained to represent the vehicle’s military design and markings.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network website.

For details, contact Christian Robinson at stateleg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law.

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law. Currently, historic military vehicles include vehicles and trailers 25 years or older that were manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and maintained to represent the vehicle’s military design and markings.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network website.

For details, contact Christian Robinson at stateleg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law.

Legislation (H.B. 149/S.B. 493) that would exempt historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates has passed the Tennessee legislature and now goes to Governor Bill Lee for enactment into law. Currently, historic military vehicles include vehicles and trailers 25 years or older that were manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and maintained to represent the vehicle’s military design and markings.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network website.

For details, contact Christian Robinson at stateleg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

Legislation (H.B. 323) allowing for the titling and registration of former military vehicles passed the Transportation and Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committees and now awaits consideration on the Senate floor.

Legislation (H.B. 323) allowing for the titling and registration of former military vehicles passed the Transportation and Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committees and now awaits consideration on the Senate floor. Currently, former military vehicles are not allowed to be titled or registered for on-road use in the state.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network website.

For details, contact Christian Robinson at stateleg@sema.org.