[Federal Register: March 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2008-0032]

Insurance Cost Information Regulation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces publication by NHTSA of the 2008 text
and data for the annual insurance cost information booklet that all car
dealers must make available to prospective purchasers, pursuant to 49
CFR 582.4. This information is intended to assist prospective
purchasers in comparing differences in passenger vehicle collision loss
experience that could affect auto insurance costs.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of this booklet or read
background documents by going to http://regulations.dot.gov at any time
or to Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carlita Ballard, Office of
International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard's telephone
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Her fax number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 201(e) of the Motor
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. 1941(e), on March
5, 1993, 58 FR 12545, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) amended 49 CFR part 582, Insurance Cost
Information Regulation, to require all dealers of automobiles to
distribute to prospective customers information that compares
differences in insurance costs of different makes and models of
passenger cars based on differences in damage susceptibility.
    Pursuant to 49 CFR 582.4, all automobile dealers are required to
make available to prospective purchasers booklets that include this
comparative information as well as certain mandatory explanatory text
that is set

out in section 582.5. Early each year, NHTSA produces a new version of
this booklet to update the Highway Loss Data Institute's (HLDI)
December Insurance Collision Report.
    NHTSA is mailing a copy of the 2008 booklet to each dealer that the
Department of Energy uses to distribute the ``Gas Mileage Guide.''
Dealers will have the responsibility of reproducing a sufficient number
of copies of the booklet to assure that they are available for
retention by prospective purchasers by April 16, 2008. Dealers who do
not receive a copy of the booklet within 15 days of the date of this
notice should contact Ms. Ballard of NHTSA's Office of International
Policy, Fuel Economy, and Consumer Programs<PHONE_NUMBER> to receive a
copy of the booklet and to be added to the mailing list. Dealers may
also obtain a copy of the booklet through the NHTSA Web page at http://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/. From there, click on the Laws/Regulations tab on
the far right side at the top of the page. On the Laws/Regulations
page, the Comparison of Insurance Costs is located under the heading
Articles & Information.

(49 U.S.C. 32302; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50(f).)

    Issued on: March 7, 2008.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E8-4948 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]

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