Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages

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This notice proposes to amend Standard No. 210 to require the installation of anchorages for either a Type 1 or a Type 2 seat belt assembly at any seating position for which Standard No. 208 requires the installation of a Type 1 or a Type 2 seat belt. Anchorages required by Standard No. 210 must meet the strength, location and other performance requirements of that standard. Currently, S4.1.2 of Standard No. 210 requires the installation of an anchorage for a Type 1 or a Type 2 seat belt assembly for all designated seating positions, except positions already required by section 4.1.1 of Standard No. 210 to have an anchorage for a Type 2 seat belt assembly and except passenger seats in buses. The practical effect of Standard No. 210's not requiring anchorages for the bus passenger seats is that the anchorages for the Type 1 seat belt assemblies required at passenger seats in small buses are not currently required to comply with the performance requirements of that Standard. This notice will correct this oversight.