Interpretation ID: nht72-3.44

DATE: 05/12/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Kangol Magnet Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your telegram of April 4, 1972, in which you asked whether it is permissible for the engine starting system of a vehicle conforming to the interlock requirements of Motor Vehicle Standard No. 208 to be operable when there are no occupants in the front seats by reaching through an open door or window to turn the ignition key.

Our reply is that the standard does not prohibit a system that operates in this way. Such a system is therefore permissible.