Interpretation ID: nht70-2.54

DATE: 10/28/70

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Rodolfo A. Diaz; NHTSA

TO: TVR Engineering Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in response to your letter of October 14, 1970, to the Director of the National Highway Safety Bureau forwarding information sheets on the TVR Vixen. I am enclosing copies of the Bureau's Consumer Information Regulations (49 CFR Part 575). The substantive provisions, @ 575.101 on vehicle stopping distance, @ 575.102 on tire reserve load, and @ 575.106 on acceleration and passing ability, require the furnishing of specific information in a format which is in the form set out in the regulations. The information sheets which you have provided fall short of these requirements in both form and substance. For example, @ 575.101 requires furnishing information on the minimum stopping distance, expressed in feet, for the particular vehicle, from a particular speed, at specified loads, with the braking system in a specified condition. The information provided by you in this regard is incomplete, and is not in the form specified. In addition, the regulations require the information to describe and be valid for each of the vehicles with which it is provided.

Please study the enclosed regulations carefully and forward to us complying consumer information within the near future. Let us know if you need further assistance.

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