Interpretation ID: aiam1079

Mr. Barry Kulik, 114 West 30 Street, New York, NY 1001 (sic); Mr. Barry Kulik
114 West 30 Street
New York
NY 1001 (sic);

Dear Mr. Kulik: This is in response to your letter of March 9, 1973, requesting ou confirmation of an opinion given you by phone concerning the method of testing the sensitivity of seat belt warning systems under Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208.; We hereby confirm our previous statement that the weight sensin provisions of sections S7.3 and S7.4 do not require the use of a specified test dummy. The sections refer to 'persons' of specified weights, thereby implying some distribution of the weight, but they do not reference the test dummy used in other sections of the standard.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel