Interpretation ID: aiam2883
House of Representatives
Washington
DC 20515;
Dear Mr. Wilson: This is in response to your letter of October 17, 1978, concerning telephone call from your constituent, Mr. Stefan Dagrowski, urging standardization of the type of release on seat belts.; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, *Occupant Cras Protection*, issued March 10, 1971 (36FR4600), required that effective January 1, 1972, passenger car seat belt assemblies would be released at a single point by push button action. To that extent, the type of release on seat belts is standardized since our standards are primarily performance oriented, and the manufacturers are free to design however they wish to meet those performance requirements.; I hope this information is sufficient to satisfy Mr. Dagrowski' interest in standardized seat belt releases.; Sincerely, Joan Claybrook