# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Low Speed Vehicles
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2005-08-17 · Effective 2005-10-03 · 70 FR 48313
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-16323
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 48313
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 2005-08-17
- **Effective date:** 2005-10-03
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-05-22116
## Abstract

This final rule amends the definition of "low-speed vehicle" (LSV) in two ways. First, it eliminates the exclusion of trucks from that class of vehicles. Second, it limits the class of LSVs to those vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of less than 1,134 kilograms (2,500 pound).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/08/17/05-16323/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-low-speed-vehicles)
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