Crash Test Regulations 1

[MStiller]

I've been going through the CFR to check the regulations that will apply to the vehicle my company is building, and a significant part of that is 571.208 (i.e. Occupant Crash Protection). I have been endlessly confused to the point of despair by Section 4.7 of this standard however, which reads:

"S4.7 Incorporation by reference. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice J211/1 rev. Mar 95, "Instrumentation for Impact Test - Part 1 - Electronic Instrumentation," (SAE J211/1 rev. Mar 95) is incorporated by reference in sections S4.13, S6.6, S13.1, S15.3.6, S19.4.4, S21.5.5, S23.5.5, and S25.4, Department of Defense MIL-S-13192P, 1988, "Military Specification, Shoes, Men's, Dress, Oxford", Amendment 1, October 14, 1994,(MIL-S-13192P) is incorporated by reference in section S8.1.8 and Department of Defense MIL-S-21711E, 1982, "Military Specification, Shoes, Women's" , Amendment 2, October 14, 1994 (MIL-S-21711E) is incorporated by reference in section S16.2.5, and are thereby made part of this standard. The Director of the Federal Register approved the material incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552 (a) and 1 CFR Part 51...."

So, if you read through this, what in the name of all that is holy is a DoD regulation for dress shoes doing in the crash standards? I called the National Archives and Records Administration in D.C., and they laughed and said they had no idea, but that since it's in the CFR, we need to follow it...help!!!

 

[ivymike]

wouldn't want somebody to cheat the test with special shoes, would you?

 

[RossABQ]

I'd guess they had to specify some kind of shoe and there was the DoD spec, already done and millions of them available....

 

[MintJulep]

S8.1.8.2 Each test dummy is clothed in a form fitting cotton stretch short sleeve shirt with above-the-elbow sleeves and above-the-knee length pants. The weight of the shirt or pants shall not exceed 0.25 pounds each. Each foot of the test dummy is equipped with a size 11XW shoe which meets the configuration size, sole, and heel thickness specifications of MIL-S-13192 change “P” and whose weight is 1.25 ±0.2 pounds.