Interpretation ID: nht69-2.13

DATE: 07/17/69

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: U.S. Suzuki Motor Corporation

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in response to your letter of July 8, 1969, in which you ask whether a form that you enclose satisfies the requirements of Consumer Information section S75.106, Acceleration and Pusint Ability.

Your placement of the words "not capable" in the figure conforms to the requirements of the section. It is not necessary to include the words in the diagram also. In reference to your question concerning line spacing: In presenting the information "in essentially the form illustrated in Figure 1" (section 375.106(c)), it is not necessary that the manufacturer's presentation be an exact copy of the figure in respect to type face, line spacing, and so forth. The presentation in your enclosure would be adequate in those respects.

In answer to your question about teduction of the figure. The regulation did not specify a type size, but the information is required to be exactly legible. The size in which the figure appeared in the Federal Register would appear to approximate the minimum in this regard.

Finally, I should note that the "Description of Vehicles to which this Table Applies" is required by section 375.106(c)(1) to be "in the(Illegible Word) by which they are described to the public by the manufacturer". This would normally be in terms of the model designation,(Illegible Word) equipment, or other common description, not the regulatory type of "motor-driven(Illegible Word) as you indicate (unless, of course, this is your company(Illegible Word) designation of this type).

I am pleased to be of assistance.