# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Metric Conversion
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1995-03-14 · Effective 1996-03-14 · 60 FR 13639
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-6230
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 13639
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 1995-03-14
- **Effective date:** 1996-03-14
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. 93-87
## Abstract

This final rule amends selected Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) by converting English measurements specified in those standards to metric measurements. This rulemaking is the first of several that NHTSA will undertake to implement the statutory Federal policy that the metric system is the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce. The conversions are not intended to change the stringency of the affected FMVSS.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/03/14/95-6230/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-metric-conversion)
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