Interpretation ID: nht71-4.26

DATE: 10/21/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: British Standards Institution

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Your letter of 4 October 1971 encloses drawings of several seat belt buckle installations that show the locations at which you propose to apply the buckle crash forces specified in Standard No. 209. As to each of the buckles depicted, we consider the force lines to be correctly drawn for purposes of the buckle crash test.

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