Limited Motor Vehicle Production, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance ... 90-2, on H.R. 8457, S. 2029, January 30, 1968 |
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amend the National Andrew Jacobs APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ards automobile Avanti Avanti II BLANTON cars certification Chairman Commerce and Finance Committee on Interstate companies compliance would cause comply D.C. DEAR DR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION E. L. KOEPENICK February 20 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Federal motor vehicle Federal Register FIRE APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS fire trucks Foreign Commerce GARRY BROWN Highway Safety Bureau identification lights Interstate and Foreign January KEITH lamps legislation limited production motor manufacturer substantial economic meet Motor Vehicle Safety MURPHY National Highway Safety National Traffic Safety NIELD O'MAHONEY PETER PIRSCH production motor vehicle result in undue Safety Performance Service Secretary of Transportation Secretary-Treasurer section 103 Senate small manufacturers specific Standard 108 standards applicable Subcommittee on Commerce substantial economic hardship temporary exemption testing Thank tion Traffic and Motor type of vehicle undue hazard vehicle manufacturers Vehicle Safety Act Vehicle Safety Performance vehicle safety standards Washington WATKINS WILLIAM HADDON
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Page 18 - Sec. 123. (a) Upon application made by a manufacturer at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe...
Page 33 - Automatic and manual transmissions. Identification of shift lever positions of automatic transmissions and of the shift lever pattern of manual transmissions, except three forward speed manual transmissions having the standard "H" pattern, shall be permanently displayed in view of the driver.
Page 32 - Sec. 108. (a) No person shall — (1) manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after the date any applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard...
Page 3 - (b) The Secretary shall require, in such manner as he deems appropriate, the notification of the dealer and of the first purchaser of a limited production motor vehicle (not including the dealer of such manufacturer) that such vehicle has been exempted from certain motor vehicle safety standards, and the standards from which it is exempted. "(c) For the purposes of this section 'limited production motor vehicle...
Page 9 - The Secretary shall establish by order appropriate Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Each such Federal motor vehicle safety standard shall be practicable, shall meet the need for motor vehicle safety, and shall be stated in objective terms.
Page 31 - Chassis-cab" means a vehicle consisting of a chassis upon which is mounted a cab, capable of being driven, drawn, or self-propelled, or readily convertible to such capability by the addition of wheels or other items of running gear, that lacks a body (such as passenger or cargo-carrying structures) or work-performing or load-drawing structures and that with the addition of such structure will become a multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus. "Curb weight...
Page 31 - Chassis-cabs, as defined in § 371.3 (b), manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, shall meet all standards in effect on the date of manufacture of the chassis-cab as are applicable to. the principal end use intended by its manufacturer except that where the chassis-cab is equipped with only part and not all of the items of lighting equipment referred to in Standard No. 108, it need not meet such standards.
Page 9 - Thus it is not intended that standards will be set which will eliminate or necessarily be the same for small cars or such widely accepted models as convertibles and sports cars, so long as all motor vehicles meet basic minimum standards. Such differences, of course, would be based on the type of vehicle rather than its place of origin or any special circumstances of its manufacturer.
Page 5 - Thus foreign producers of more than 500 vehicles a year would not qualify for any relief, even though their exports to the United States might be less than 500 a year. Yet foreign companies with relatively few exports to the United States are those being hurt most by the safety standards. They must either go to great expense in order to make their relatively few exports conform to our standards, or be forced out of the US market. Their problem is similar to that faced by small domestic manufacturers....
Page 32 - manufacturer" as any person engaged in the "assembling" of motor vehicles. Persons who combine chassis-cabs with bodies or similar structures are, therefore, manufacturers within the meaning of the Act. Inasmuch as the chassis-cab's manufacturer is responsible for compliance with standards under the regulation issued today, persons who add bodies or other structures to such chassiscab are not considered manufacturers of the chassis-cab and, therefore, will not be responsible for the conformance of...