2021 Lexus ES 350 4 DR FWD

My opened vehicle doors can not be seen in the path of other vehicle drivers when standing outside the opened vehicle door blocking the light on the vehicle doors. To solve this problem I added a Fluorescent Yellow/Green Retro-Reflective Tape to the lower interior door edge of each vehicle door that is automatically illuminated by another vehicle drivers headlights at night to allow another vehicle a visual warning and the added time to allow accident avoidance to occur. I also contacted the New York City Dept. of Transportation that also includes the police department and learned that with the fleet of 31,000 vehicles they have they have a continuous upwards of 1,000 opened vehicle door collisions a year. I believe NHTSA is NOT REPORTING SPECIFICALLY INCIDENTS OF OPENED VEHICLE DOOR COLLISIONS because the specific type of incident is not included in the motor vehicle accident accident reports provided back to NHTSA. I request NHTSA include the following in accident reports OPENED VEHICLE DOOR to be included into my Petition for Rulemaking since non-reporting of opened vehicle door collisions is "grossly under or not reported'. It is my low estimate that in the United States upwards of 500.000 opened vehicle door collisions occur yearly and NHTSA has "just cause" to include these incidents in its reporting systems.

WHEN I OPENED MY VEHICLE DOOR AT NIGHT AND EXITING MY VEHICLE THE VEHICLE DOOR DOES NOT PROVIDE A VISUAL WARNING TO OTHER VEHICLE DRIVERS IN THE PATH OF MY 2021 LEXUS ES 350. I DID AN INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT ALL OPENING DOORS ON ALL 17 MILLION VEHICLE DOORS DO NOT PROVIDE AN ADDED ZONE OF ILLUMINATION THAT IS AUTOMATICALLY ILLUMINATED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVERS HEADLIGHT TO ALLOW ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE TO OCCUR. I PETITIONED NHTSA AND RECEIVED NO REPLY TO MY "FIX" TO MAKE POSSIBLE A NEW FMVSS 108 TO SOLVE THIS CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE OF OPENED VEHICLE DOOR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS. THE APPLICATION TO ADD A ZONE OF ILLUMINATION IS UNIVERSAL IN APPLICATION TO ALL VEHICLE DOORS, AND TAKES ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO APPLY REQUIRING NO TOOLS. I WISH NHTSA TO TAKE A POSITION THAT ALL VEHICLE DRIVERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE OPENED VEHICLE DOORS AT NIGHT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OPENED VEHICLE DOOR COLLISIONS AND OPENED VEHICLE DOOR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS AND TO PROVIDE A SAFETY WARNING NOTICE TO ALL VEHICLE OWNERS THE FOLLOWING. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY VISUAL OBSERVATION AT NIGHT OPENING THE VEHICLE DOORS ON ALL VEHICLES DO NOT PROVIDE A VISUAL ZONE OF ILLUMINATION WARNING TO OTHER VEHICLE DRIVERS AT NIGHT THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A OPENED VEHICLE DOOR PEDESTRIAN FATALITY.