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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

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Applicability

Each standard of this part applies to all motor vehicles or items of motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after the effective date of the standard.

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Effective Date

The effective date of any standard or amendment issued after September 1, 1971, shall be either:

• 2 years after the date on which such standard or amendment is published in the rules and regulations section of the Federal Register othe effective date specified in the notice (whichever is later)
  

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Detailed Information

For further information on each standard, please visit:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsr/regs/571.htm

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Standard #101: Controls and Displays

The purpose of this standard is to ensure the accessibility and visibility of motor vehicle
controls and displays and to facilitate their selection under daylight and nighttime
conditions, in order to reduce the safety hazards caused by the driver's diversion from the
driving task, and mistakes in selecting controls.

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Standard #102: Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock and Braking Effect

The purpose of this standard is to reduce the likelihood of shifting errors and starter
engagement with the vehicle in the drive position, and to provide supplemental braking
at speeds below 40 kilometers per hour.

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Standard #103: Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems

Each vehicle shall have a windshield defrosting and defogging system which
operates either by applying heat to the windshield or by dehumidifying the air inside
of the vehicle.

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Standard #105: Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems

The purpose of this standard is to insure safe braking performance under normal and
emergency conditions.

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Standard #106: Brake Hoses

• This standard specifies labeling and performance requirements for motor vehicle brake hoses, brake hose assemblies and brake hose end fittings
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries occurring due to brake system failure from hose or hose assembly rupture
  

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Standard #108: Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment

The purpose of this standard is to reduce traffic accidents, deaths and injuries by providing ample roadway illumination and making vehicles more noticeable on public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood in all conditions.

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Standard #110:Tire Selection and Rims

This standard specifies requirements for tire selection to prevent tire overloading.

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Standard #111: Rearview mirrors

• This standard specifies requirements for the performance and location of rearview
  mirrors
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries that occur
  when the driver of a motor vehicle does not have a clear and reasonably unobstructed
  view to the rear
  

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Standard #113: Hood Latch System

This standard establishes the requirement for providing a hood latch system or hood latch
systems.

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Standard #114: Theft Protection

This standard specifies requirements for theft protection to reduce crashes resulting from
unauthorized operation of a motor vehicle. It also specifies requirements to reduce crashes resulting from the rollaway of parked vehicles with automatic transmissions as a result of children moving the shift mechanism out of the "park" position.

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Standard #116: Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids

• This standard specifies requirements for fluids used in hydraulic brake systems, brake
  fluid containers and labeling of containers
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce failures in braking systems which may occur
  because of the manufacture or use of improper or contaminated fluid
  

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Standard #119: New Pneumatic Tires

• This standard establishes requirements for tires on multipurpose passenger vehicles,
  trucks, buses, trailers and motorcycles
  
• The purpose of this standard is to provide safe operational performance levels for tires
  and to place enough information on the tires to permit their proper selection and use
  

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Standard #120: Tire Selection and Rims

• This standard specifies tire and rim selection requirements and rim marking
  requirements
  
• The purpose of this standard is to provide safe operational performance by ensuring that vehicles are equipped with tires of adequate size and load rating and with rims of
  appropriate size and type designation
  

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Standard #121: Air Brake Systems

• This standard establishes performance and equipment requirements for braking systems on vehicles equipped with air brake systems
  
• The purpose of this standard is to insure safe braking performance under all conditions
  

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Standard #124: Accelerator Control Systems

• This standard establishes requirements for the return of a vehicle's throttle to the idle
  position when the driver removes force from the accelerator, or in the event of a
  severance or disconnection in the accelerator control system
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from engine over-speed caused by malfunctions in the accelerator control system

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Standard #125: Warning Devices

• This standard establishes requirements for devices used to warn approaching traffic of the presence of a stopped vehicle
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries due to collisions between traffic and disabled vehicles

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Standard #201: Occupant Protection in Interior Impact

This standard specifies requirements to afford impact protection for occupants.

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Standard #202: Head Restraints

This standard specifies requirements for head restraints to reduce the frequency and severity of neck injury in vehicle collisions.

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Standard #204: Steering Control Rearward Displacement

This standard specifies requirements limiting the rearward displacement of the steering
control into the passenger compartment to reduce the likelihood of chest, neck or head
injuries.

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Standard #205: Glazing Materials

• This standard specifies requirements for glazing materials for use in motor vehicles and
  motor vehicle equipment
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce injuries resulting from impact to glazing
  surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of transparency in motor vehicle windows for
  visibility and to minimize the possibility of occupants being thrown through windows in
  collisions

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Standard #206: Door Locks and Door Retention Components

This standard specifies requirements for door locks and door retention components to
minimize the likelihood of occupants being thrown from the vehicle as a result of impact.

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Standard #207: Door Locks and Door Retention Components

This standard establishes requirements for seats, their attachment assemblies and their
installation to minimize the possibility of their failure by forces acting on them as a result of vehicle impact.

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Standard #208: Occupant Crash Protection

• This standard specifies performance requirements for the protection of vehicle occupants
  in crashes
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths and severity of injuries,
  by specifying requirements in terms of forces and speeds measured in test crashes and
  equipment requirements for restraint systems

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Standard #209: Seat Belt Assemblies

• This standard specifies requirements for seat belt assemblies
  
• A seat belt assembly shall be designed for use by only one person at any one time

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Standard #210: Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages

This standard establishes requirements for seat belt assembly anchorages to ensure their
proper location for effective occupant restraint and to reduce the likelihood of their failure.

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Standard #213: Child Restraint Systems

• This standard specifies requirements for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of children killed or injured in
  motor vehicle crashes

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Standard #217: Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release

• This standard establishes requirements for the retention of windows in buses, and
  establishes operating forces, opening dimensions and markings for bus emergency exits
  
• The purpose of this standard is to minimize the likelihood of occupants being thrown from the bus and to provide a readily accessible emergency exits

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Standard #223: Rear Impact Guards

• This standard specifies requirements for rear impact guards for trailers and semi-trailers
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries that
  occur when light duty vehicles collide with the rear end of trailers and semi-trailers

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Standard #224: Rear Impact Protection

• This standard establishes requirements for the installation of rear impact guards on
  trailers and semi-trailers
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries
  occurring when light duty vehicles impact the rear of trailers and semi-trailers

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Standard #301: Fuel System Integrity

• This standard specifies requirements for the integrity of motor vehicle fuel systems
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries occurring from fires that
  result from fuel spillage during and after motor vehicle crashes, and resulting from
  ingestion of fuels during siphoning

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Standard #302: Flammability of Interior Materials

• This standard specifies burn resistance requirements for materials used in the occupant
  compartments of motor vehicles
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce the deaths and injuries to motor vehicle
  occupants caused by vehicle fires

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Standard #303: Fuel System Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles

• This standard specifies requirements for the integrity of motor vehicle fuel systems
  using compressed natural gas
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries occurring from fires that
  result from fuel leakage during and after motor vehicle crashes

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Standard #304: Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Container Integrity

• This standard specifies requirements for the integrity of compressed natural gas motor
  vehicle fuel containers
  
• The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries occurring from fires that
  result from fuel leakage during and after motor vehicle crashes

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