Interpretation ID: nht90-2.68

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 06/01/90

FROM: STEPHEN P. WOOD -- NHTSA ACTING CHIEF COUNSEL

TO: PETER KOPANON -- DIRECTOR, REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION MASSACHUSETTS

TITLE: NONE

TEXT: This follows up on the recent telephone call from Ms. Fujita of my staff concerning our October 1985 cover letter to you. That letter enclosed a copy of a May 10, 1982 letter from NHTSA to Mr. Martin Chauvin on the applicability of our school bus safety standards to vehicles used by day care centers. As Ms. Fujita informed you, our cover letter mistakingly summarized the Chauvin letter as stating that day care centers are considered to be "schools" within the meaning of the Vehicle Safety Act. The co rrect iteration of the Chauvin letter is that NHTSA has said day care centers are not considered to be schools.

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