Interpretation ID: nht72-5.40

DATE: 03/30/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of March 16, 1972, forwarding to us a draft of a TTMA Recommended Practice concerning GAWR and GVWR that you have developed as a guide for the truck trailer industry. You ask whether the draft is consistent with the applicable regulations (49 CFR Parts 567, 568).

The draft which you submitted is consistent with the regulations although it is much more specific than the regulations and represents just one method of achieving compliance. We appreciate your efforts in making the substance of the regulations available to this large segment of the industry.