Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection

This document deletes several obsolete sections of Standard 214, ``Side Impact Protection.'' They relate to (1) the phase-in of dynamic side impact protection requirements for passenger cars, (2) the phase-in of quasi-static side door strength requirements for trucks, buses and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less (these vehicles are referred to as ``LTVs''), and (3) the one-year delay of the quasi-static requirements for double opening cargo doors, doors with no windows, and certain contoured doors on LTVs. These sections are obsolete because the time periods and events to which they relate are all in the past. This document also removes from Part 586, ``Side Impact Phase-In Reporting Requirements,'' the reporting requirements associated with the LTV phase-in. These amendments improve the clarity and conciseness of Standard 214 and Part 586.