VTL 382-C — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 382-B Service brake system up ARTICLE 9 Equipment of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles next SECTION 383 Safety belts and anchorage assemblies Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 382-C Occupant compartments Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 3, ARTICLE 9 § 382-c. Occupant compartments. The commissioner may prescribe, by regulation, standards consistent with federal motor vehicle safety standards specifying requirements for instrument panels, seat backs, protrusions (including knobs, switches, levers, handles, bezels, and panel contours), sun visors, arm rests, steering control systems and other similar components of the interior of the occupant's compartment of motor vehicles to afford impact protection for occupants. The commissioner may limit the application of such regulations to specified classes of vehicles; provided, however, that such regulations shall not apply to any motor vehicle manufactured prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven. No motor vehicle shall be registered or driven on the public highways of the state unless it is constructed, equipped or maintained as required by the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.