# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Designated Seating Positions
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration. · Published 2014-09-26 · Effective 2014-09-26 · 79 FR 57829
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-23010
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 57829
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 2014-09-26
- **Effective date:** 2014-09-26
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0189
## Abstract

This document responds to a petition for reconsideration of the agency's November 2013 final rule making amendments to the procedures for determining which areas of a vehicle are designated seating positions and the procedure for determining the number of seating positions. Global Automakers petitioned the agency for reconsideration, seeking to correct what it believes is an error in formula for determining the number of designated seating positions in longer seating positions. The agency agrees that the change was inadvertent and is issuing this final rule to correct this mistake.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/26/2014-23010/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-designated-seating-positions)
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