Interpretation ID: nht72-3.43

DATE: 08/02/72

FROM: JAMES E. HOFFERBERTH FOR ROBERT L. CARTER--NHTSA

TO: Peugeot-Renault

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Thank you for your teletype of July 8, 1972, regarding the question of a manikin's neck. In response to your specific need, and for your general information, I am enclosing a procurement specification for a 50th percentile test dummy recently let out for bid by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This specification represents our present thinking on some of the desirable aspects of a test dummy. We are also working on the development of a proposed regulation that will define the dummy more precisely than standard No. 208 presently does, and, of course, that regulation may differ from the procurement specification.

In the meantime, as we have stated in the Federal Registar, any dummy that meets the requirements of Standard No. 208 may be used by a manufacturer to test its vehicles.

SINCERELY,

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

U.S. COAST GUARD TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER

NO 9499 Nov. 7, 1972 10#05

M. BUREAU PEGLEMFNTATION

A. M. ROBERT L CAPTER ASSOCIATE ASMINISTPATOR NHTSA

FOLLOWING PRESSING QUESTIONS ASKED TO MR TOMS AND YOU AT SAE CONFERENCE OF DETROIT IN MAY CONCERNING FMVSS 208 WE HAVE A VERY POSITIVE FIRST ANSWER IN DOCKET 69-7 NOTICE 19

HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO COMPLETE OUR CONFIRMATION TESTS ON RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR 73 MODELS SINCE WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE PROPOSED FOR DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF MANIKINS' NECK

CAN YOU ALREADY GIVE US SOME MORE DETAILS ON THESE SPECIFICATIONS SINCE OUR HOMOLOGATION SERVICES CANNOT GO ON WITH THEIR WORK

BEST THANKS

N. BUREAU CHIEF REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT AUTOMOBILES PEUGEOT