Interpretation ID: aiam0867

Mr. Fred W. Cords,O.E.M. Marketing Manager,Minnesota Automotive, Inc.,Box 48/502 Patterson,Mankato,Minnesota 56001; Mr. Fred W. Cords
O.E.M. Marketing Manager
Minnesota Automotive
Inc.
Box 48/502 Patterson
Mankato
Minnesota 56001;

Dear Mr. Cords:#This is in reply to your letter of September 19, 1972 asking whether the new hydraulic brake safety standard precludes the provision of a device using the service brake pressure to supplement normal parking brake performance.#Standard No. 105a does not prohibit the inclusion of such a device as original equipment in a motor vehicle, provided that the vehicle can meat the parking brake system requirements of the standard using the mechanical system alone.#Yours truly,Richard B. Dyson,Assistant Chief Counsel;