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U.S. DOT/NHTSA - Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Platform Lift Systems for Accessible Motor Vehicles; Platform Lift Installations on Motor Vehicles
Document ID: NHTSA-1998-4511-0001
Document Type: Notice
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This document is a supplemental notice proposing to establish two new safety standards; an equipment standard specifying requirements for platform lifts; and a vehicle standard for all vehicles equipped with such lifts.
This SNPRM significantly differs from our original proposal in several respects. Most notably, the scope of our proposal has been expanded to platform lifts installed on all motor vehicles. Other significant changes are additional interlock requirements, improved wheelchair retention and platform slip resistance test, and, in some instances, lesser compliance standards for lifts installed on vehicles typically used solely for private transport.
The proposed equipment standard would require platform lift manufacturers to ensure that their lifts meet minimum platform dimensions and size limits on platform protrusions and gaps between the platform and either the vehicle floor or the ground. The standard would also require handrails, a threshold warning signal, and retaining barriers for lifts. Performance tests would be specified for wheelchair retention on the platform, lift strenght, and platform slip Performance tests would be specified for wheelchair retention on the platform, lift strength, and platform slip resistance. A set of interlocks is proposed to prevent accidental movement of a lift and the vehicle on which the lift is installed.
The proposed vehicle standard would require vehicle manufacturers who install lifts to use lifts meeting the equipment standard, to install them in accordance with the lift manfacturer's instructions, and to ensure that specific information is made available to lift users.
The purpose of the two standards is to prevent injuries and fatalities during lift operation and to promote the uniformity of Federal standards and guidelines for platform lifts. We have drafted both with the intend of protecting lift users aided by canes or walkers as well as lift users seated in wheelchairs.
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U.S. DOT/NHTSA - Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Platform Lift Systems for Accessible Motor Vehicles; Platform Lift Installations on Motor Vehicles
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