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Originally Posted by spfiveorcr Thats not a federal law, thats a state law. Therers a differnce, I cant get cited for a state law from wisconsin in california .  |
wanna bet? check this out....it is federal
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...f_Switches.htm
II. Proposed exemptions
To facilitate the modification of vehicles for persons with disabilities, the agency is proposing to amend the exemption from the make inoperative provision under 49 CFR Part 595, by adding the FMVSS No. 208 advanced air bag requirements, a limited exemption for the FMVSS No. 225 LATCH requirements, and a limited exemption for the FMVSS No. 201 upper interior head protection requirements.
A. Advanced air bag requirements
After the exemption from the make inoperative provision was published, the agency published a final rule that added requirements to FMVSS No. 208 to reduce the risk of serious air bag-induced injuries, especially to small women and young children, and to improve the safety for all occupants by means that include advanced air bag technology. (65 FR 30680; May 12, 2002; Advanced Air Bag Rule.) The advanced air bag technology requirements are being phased in beginning September 1, 2003, with full compliance required September 1, 2006. Motor vehicles subject to the phase-in will be required to minimize air bag risks by automatically turning off the air bag in the presence of an occupant who is a young child or deploy the air bag in a manner less likely to cause serious or fatal injury to an out of position occupant. [7] Among the technologies used to comply with these requirements are a variety of seat position, occupant weight, and pattern sensors incorporated into the seat structure.
In its petition for rulemaking, Bruno requested that the advanced air bag requirements be included with the other FMVSS No. 208 requirements excluded from the make inoperative provision. Bruno stated that the installation of one of its mobility aid products, the Turning Automotive Seat (TAS)[8] could be accomplished without making a conventional air bag inoperative, but would require deactivation of advanced air bag features. Bruno stated that maintaining the operation of seat position and occupant sensing devices used to comply with the advanced air bag requirements for numerous makes and models of motor vehicles is beyond its capability.
The August 8, 2002 ADA petition provided additional support for Bruno’s request. The ADA argued that it is no more feasible for modifiers to comply with the advanced air bag requirements than the “existing air bag requirements,” which are currently exempted. Petitioners argued that maintaining compliance with the advanced air bag requirements would require modifiers to reinstall, modify, or design complex components of the air bag system. Petitioners stated that this was beyond the capabilities of most vehicle modifiers and would severely limit the opportunity for an individual needing to replace the driver’s seat or front passenger seat in order to accommodate a disability to obtain such an accommodation.
Petitioners further argued that just as the current FMVSS No. 208 sections exempted under Part 595 are incompatible with the one-of-a kind, custom fitted, nature of vehicle modifications designed to accommodate a specific individual’s disability, so are the advanced air bag requirements. Petitioners explained that often when a vehicle is modified to accommodate a person with a disability, the nature of the work requires removal of the air bag or some part of the crash sensing system connected to the air bag. As with the Bruno TAS, modifications may require removal or disconnection of the seat position, occupant weight, and pattern sensors that are part of the seat structure. Since these modifications are unique to each vehicle and individual, petitioners stated that modifiers do not have the ability (engineering or financial) to develop alternative air bags or crash sensing systems.
To address this issue, we are proposing to add the following sections of FMVSS No. 208 to the make inoperative exemptions established at 49 CFR 595.7(c)(14):
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