Interpretation ID: aiam1457
Nissan Motor Company
Ltd.
560 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood
NJ 07632;
Dear Mr. Kato: This is in response to your letter of April 5, 1974, requestin interpretations of two sections of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 301 (39 FR 10588).; Your first question was whether dummies are required to be positione at each front outboard seating position even if such dummies are not specified for testing under Standard No. 208. The answer to your question is yes. Standard No. 301 provides for testing with dummies at each front outboard seating position regardless of the Standard No. 208 testing provisions. Where, however, Standard No. 208 specifies additional tests for dummies, such dummies are to be included in the vehicle for Standard No. 301 testing.; Your second question was whether the dummies are to be restrained b belt systems until passive restraint systems become mandatory under Standard No. 208. The answer to this question is no. The dummies are to be restrained for testing under Standard No. 301 only by systems that require no action by the vehicle occupant. Therefore, dummies are not to be restrained during testing by belt systems, but only by the passive means, if any, that are employed in the vehicle.; Thank you for your inquiry. Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel