The Pedestrian Protection Act directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish new federal safety standards designed to reduce pedestrian, bicyclist, and other vulnerable road users' deaths and injuries from vehicle collisions. The agency must initiate a rulemaking process within three years to develop standards addressing vehicle features like hood design, bumper design, windshield design, vehicle height, and weight, with a final rule due two years later and full compliance required within two additional years. The bill also requires the agency to develop minimum visibility standards for motor vehicles within four years and to create a consumer information system showing how well drivers can see pedestrians and cyclists, including comparative ratings of vehicles' visibility performance. These requirements aim to make roads safer for people walking, cycling, or otherwise vulnerable to vehicle impacts by focusing on vehicle design and engineering rather than just driver behavior.
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