Citation

Fed. Regist. 2000; 65(204): 63014-63021.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, U.S. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration)

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Abstract

This document establishes new Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 401; Internal trunk release, that requires all new passenger cars with trunks be equipped with a release latch inside the trunk compartment beginning September 1, 2001. Instead of a release latch, this document also permits the installation of an alternative system such as a passive trunk release system which would detect the presence of a human in the trunk and would automatically unlatch the trunk lid. During the summer of 1998, eleven children died when they inadvertently trapped themselves in the trunk of a car. This new standard will provide children and others who find themselves trapped inside a passenger car trunk a chance to get out of the trunk alive. KW: Hyperthermia in automobiles

Language: en