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Nov 27, 2012 2:19 PM

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)  has increased the maximum civil penalty amounts for   violations of motor vehicle safety requirements for the  National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as   amended, and violations of bumper standards and consumer  information provisions.

Specifically, this increases the maximum civil penalty  amounts for single violations of motor vehicle safety requirements, a series of  related violations of school bus and equipment safety requirements, a series of  related violations of bumper standards, and a series of related violations of  consumer information regarding crashworthiness and damage susceptibility  requirements.

This action is taken pursuant to the Federal Civil Monetary  Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by   the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, which requires  NHTSA to review and, as warranted, adjust penalties based on   inflation at least every four years. This rule is effective  December 27.