Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 8.01.1997

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

This document initiates rulemaking based upon oral presentations at the agency's public meetings and written comments received on the appropriate classification and safety regulations for golf carts and other small, light-weight vehicles that are capable of being driven on the public roads. In response to these comments, NHTSA proposes that a new category of motor vehicle be established, called ``low-speed vehicle.'' A low-speed vehicle (LSV) would be any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, whose top speed does not exceed 25 mph. Under a proposed new standard, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 100, LSVs would be equipped with certain basic items of motor vehicle safety equipment, such as seat belts, in lieu of complying with the Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards that would apply if the vehicles were categorized according to existing vehicle types. LSVs would also have a label warning against driving them at speeds that exceed 25 mph. A ``golf cart'', a vehicle that is used to carry golfers on golf courses and that has a top speed of 15 mph or less, would not be considered a motor vehicle, consistent with the agency's past interpretations. A ``golf car'',