U.S. DOT/NHTSA - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection

Document ID: NHTSA-1998-4071-0001
Document Type: Notice
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Topics: No Topics associated with this document
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 571
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Abstract:	This notice proposed to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard on occupant crash protection to provide greater flexibility regarding the location of the telltable for air bag on-off switches installed in new motor vehicles. It would do so by eliminating the requirement that the telltale be located on the vehicle dashboard . No change would be made to the separate existing requirement that the telltale must be clearly visible from front seating positions. This proposal would also add a requirement that the telltale be located within the vehicle's interior. The p;roposal is being issued, in response to a petition for rulemaking, to make the telltale reqiorements in the standard consistent with those in the agency's regulation governing the retrofitting of use vehicles with air bag on-off switches. Comments must be received by September 3, 1998.
Document Subtype:	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Received Date:	July 20 1998, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Page Count:	3
Comment Due Date:	September 3 1998, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time