Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assemblies
fmvss · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Published 1999-05-19 · Effective 1999-07-19 · 64 FR 27203
Document
Document number
99-12628
Federal Register citation
64 FR 27203
CFR reference
49 CFR 571
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fmvss
Sub-agency
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication date
1999-05-19
Effective date
1999-07-19
DOT docket
Docket No. 99-5682
Abstract
NHTSA is deleting the provision in Standard No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies, requiring that the lap belt portion of a safety belt system be designed to remain on the pelvis under all conditions. NHTSA has concluded retention of this requirement is unnecessary since provisions in Standard No. 209, Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection, and Standard No. 210, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, together require pelvic restraint. Further, those requirements are more readily enforceable than the requirement being deleted from Standard No. 209. Today's rule responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM). It is also consistent with the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, which directed Federal agencies to identify and eliminate unnecessary Federal Regulations.