Interpretation ID: nht71-5.39

DATE: 09/28/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; E. T. Driver; NHTSA

TO: Electric Device Corporation

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of September 1, 1971, to Mr. Douglas Toms, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, concerning your request for an interpretation relative to your safety backing system and the Federal Standards.

The use of your School Bus Safety Backing System is neither required nor prohibited in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 and the proposed Pupil Transportation Safety Standard. However, it would appear that the regulations of the individual States apply to the use of your system in those States.