Interpretation ID: aiam0279
Staff Engineer
Toyota Motor Co.
Ltd
Lyndhurst Office Park
1099 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst
NJ 07071;
Dear Mr. Kosaka: This is in response to your letter of July 23, 1971, in which you aske a question concerning the requirement in Standard No. 208 that the seat belt warning signals deactivate when the parking brake is applied.; Your question was whether the standard's requirement would be satisfie by a system in which the seat belt warning signals deactivate at the same point at which the parking brake warning light goes on, considering the fact that the warning light is generally set to go on at a point where the parking brake lever is partially extended but before the brake is actually engaged.; We would consider the standard's requirement to be satisfied by th system you describe. We agree that the presence of the parking brake warning light is a sufficient deterrent to driving the vehicle with the parking brake partially engaged.; Sincerely, Lawrence R. Schneider, Acting Chief Counsel