Interpretation ID: nht78-3.7

DATE: 01/26/78

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; J. J. Levin, Jr.; NHTSA

TO: Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This responds to your letter of December 9, 1977, asking whether the recent amendment of Safety Standard No. 205, Glazing Materials, permits the use of plastic glazing in school buses.

The answer to your question is yes. Safety Standard No. 205, as amended December 5, 1977 (42 FR 61465), allows the use of rigid plastic glazing in doors and windows of all buses, including school buses. Please note, however, that plastics cannot be used for bus windshields or in doors or windows to the immediate right or left of the driver.

Sincerely,

ATTACH.

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

December 9, 1977

Hugh Oates -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Dear Mr. Oates:

RE: Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #205 as amended by the Federal Register Docket #71-1, Notice #6, published 12-5-77

On December 5, 1977, a notice was published in the Federal Register amending Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #205, glazing material, which added to the list specified in ANS Z26, items 4 and 5 allowing the use of plastics in the side windows of buses. My question is, does this also include the use of items 4 and 5 of the ANS Z26 Standard in school buses.

Sincerely,

Joe Wall, Asst. Director -- Vehicle Inspection Division