Interpretation ID: aiam3726
P.E.
Athey Products Corporation
Capital Equipment Division
P.O. Box 669
Raleigh
NC 27602;
Dear Mr. Esmonde: This responds to your recent letter concerning the requirements o Safety Standard No. 205, *Glazing Materials*. You enclosed a sample of a rigid plastic you would like to use on the side windows of street sweepers, and asked whether the standard would be applicable to that type of material.; Safety Standard No. 205 specifies performance and location requirement for glazing materials to be used on motor vehicles. Only those materials that are specified in the standard may be used on a vehicle, and only in the vehicle location specified for each glazing type. Thus, the sample you enclosed may be used only if it qualifies as one of the glazing types (Items) specified in the standard. A specific piece of glazing material qualifies as a particular glazing Item under the standard if it meets all of the performance tests specified in the standard for that Item. For example, your sample would be considered an Item 12 rigid plastic, which could be used in the vehicle locations specified for that glazing type, only if it passes all of the tests specified in the standard for Item 12 plastics.; Whether or not your sample does qualify as a permitted glazing Ite under the standard will have to be determined by your company. The agency does not provide advance approval for any motor vehicle or piece of motor vehicle equipment. It is the manufacturer's responsibility to determine compliance with the motor vehicle safety standards and to certify that compliance.; I would also note that the glazing manufacturer is required to certify by markings etched on the material, any piece of glazing which is to be used in a motor vehicle (see S6. of Standard No. 205). These required markings would include a specification of the glazing type, e.g., 'Item 12.' The glazing sample you enclosed should be from a piece of certified material if that material is to be used on your motor vehicles.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel