# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-06-17 · Effective 1998-06-17 · 63 FR 33194
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-16003
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 33194
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 1998-06-17
- **Effective date:** 1998-06-17
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA 98-3949
## Abstract

This final rule responds to a growing public interest in using golf cars <SUP>1</SUP> and other similar-sized, 4-wheeled vehicles to make short trips for shopping, social and recreational purposes primarily within retirement or other planned communities with golf courses. These passenger-carrying vehicles, although low-speed, offer a variety of advantages, including comparatively low-cost and energy- efficient mobility. Further, many of these vehicles are electric- powered. The use of these vehicles, instead of larger, gasoline-powered vehicles like passenger cars, provides quieter transportation that does not pollute the air of the communities in which they are operated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/06/17/98-16003/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards)
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