United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2001_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81e1115 D09002ee1c81e125e United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency NHTSA is taking action to facilitate the modification of motor vehicles so that persons with disabilities can drive or ride in them. The agency is accomplishing this by issuing a limited exemption from a statutory provision that prohibits specified types of commercial entities from either removing safety equipment or features installed on motor vehicles pursuant to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards or altering the equipment or features so as to adversely affect their performance. The exemption is limited in that it allows repair businesses to modify only certain types of Federally-required safety equipment and features, under specified circumstances. 66 FR 12638 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2001-02-27/01-4655 01-4655 fr27fe01-4 RIN 2127-AG40 4910-59-P Docket No. NHTSA-01-8667 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2001-02-27/01-4655 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-02-27/html/01-4655.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-02-27/pdf/01-4655.pdf Disability Imports Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles 19 p. 12638 12656 66 FR 12638 Title 49 Part 595 49 CFR Part 595 RIN 2127-AG40 Exemption From the Make Inoperative Prohibition; Federal Register Vol. 66, Issue RULE 01-4655 III DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2001-04-30 Docket No. NHTSA-01-8667 4910-59-P 01-4655 Final rule.

NHTSA is taking action to facilitate the modification of motor vehicles so that persons with disabilities can drive or ride in them. The agency is accomplishing this by issuing a limited exemption from a statutory provision that prohibits specified types of commercial entities from either removing safety equipment or features installed on motor vehicles pursuant to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards or altering the equipment or features so as to adversely affect their performance. The exemption is limited in that it allows repair businesses to modify only certain types of Federally-required safety equipment and features, under specified circumstances.

Effective Date: This rule is effective April 30, 2001. For non-legal issues, you may contact Gayle Dalrymple, Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, NPS-20. Telephone: (202) 366-5559. Fax: (202) 366-4329. Disability Imports Motor Vehicle Safety Motor Vehicles Motor vehicle safety standards: Occupant crash protection Safety equipment removal; exemptions from make inoperative prohibition for persons with disabilities, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Vol. 66, no. 39 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2001-02-27 continuing daily deposited born digital 298 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2001-02-27 P0b002ee180a1a3b8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr27fe01 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2001-02-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-02-27/pdf/FR-2001-02-27.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-02-27/xml/FR-2001-02-27.xml fdlp 12435 12721 DGPO 2010-09-24 2024-06-08 FR-2001-02-27 machine generated eng FR FR-2001-02-27 66 39