Interpretation ID: aiam2222
PTV Project Supervisor
Steam Power Systems
7617 Convoy Court
San Diego
CA 92111;
Dear Mr. Schneider: This is in response to your letter of January 22, 1976, requestin confirmation that your company's Paratransit Vehicle would be classified as a 'multipurpose passenger vehicle' for purposes of the Federal motor vehicle safety standards and regulations.; Your letter states that the Paratransit Vehicle is designed primaril to carry wheel-chair- confined passengers in a Dial-a-Ride or jitney type of service, and that the vehicle is of the forward control configuration, constructed with a custom chassis-body structure.; Based upon the facts presented in your letter, the description an specifications contained in the attached SAE design paper, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's previous interpretation of the classification, we would conclude that the Paratransit Vehicle does qualify as a 'multipurpose passenger vehicle.'; Please contact us if we can be of any further assistance. Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel