Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-6 - Vehicle Modification › Section 3304-6-04 - General design standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications,
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				3304-6-01 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Safety of
			 operation and construction. The primary design consideration shall be safety to
			 the person using automotive adaptive equipment and vehicles that have been
			 modified. Any installation of equipment or modification of the vehicle shall
			 neither introduce new single-point failures of the associated vehicle subsystem
			 which otherwise do not exist in that subsystem nor compromise user safety or
			 safety of the public.
(1) Any installation of
			 equipment or modification of the vehicle shall not compromise safety provisions
			 provided by the vehicle manufacturer in compliance with the applicable FMVSS,
			 as defined in the federal regulations at 49 C.F.R. 571 to include the
			 following: 102 to 106, 110, 111, 113, 116, 124, 129, 205, 206, 209, 210, 212,
			 213, 216, 220, 301 to 303 and shall be compliant with FMVSS 403 and
			 404.
(2) Installation and/or
			 modifications may make safety features inoperative only as indicated in the
			 federal regulations in sections of 49 C.F.R. 595 listed in this paragraph with
			 respect to the following FMVSS:
(a) 101
			 Controls and displays except for S 5.2(a), S5.3.1, S5.3.2 and S5.3.5;
(b) 108 Lamps, reflective devices, and
			 associated equipment (S5.1.1.5 when the modified motor vehicle does not have a
			 steering wheel and it is not feasible to retain the turn signal self-canceling
			 device installed by the vehicle manufacturer);
(c) 114 Theft protection (S 4.4 and S 4.5
			 when the original key-locking system must be modified);
(d) 118 Power-operated window, partition, and
			 roof panel systems (S4(a) when the medical condition of the person for whom the
			 vehicle is modified requires a remote ignition to start the vehicle);
(e) 135 Passenger car brake systems (S5.3.1
			 when the vehicle modification requires removal of the vehicle manufacturer
			 installed foot pedal);
(f) 201
			 Occupant protection in interior impact only with respect to targets on the side
			 rail, B-pillar and first "other" pillar adjacent to the stowed platform of a
			 lift or ramp, or the rear header and rearmost pillars adjacent to the stowed
			 platform of a lift or ramp; all S6 in cases in which the disability
			 necessitates raising the roof or door or lowering the floor of the
			 vehicle;
(g) 202 Head restraints
			 when the motor vehicle is modified to be driven by an individual in a
			 wheelchair and no other seat is provided for the driver or the front passenger
			 sits in a wheelchair and no other front passenger seat is provided, and S
			 4.3(b)(1) and S 4.3(b)(2) when the driver's head restraint must be modified to
			 accommodate a driver with a disability;
(h) 203 Impact protection for the driver from
			 the steering control system (S 5.1 when the modification requires a structural
			 change to or removal of the original steering shaft, and S 5.2 when an item of
			 adaptive equipment must be mounted on the steering wheel);
(i) 204 Steering control rearward
			 displacement only, when the modification requires a structural change to or
			 removal of the original steering shaft;
(j) 207 Seating systems (S 4.1 when the motor
			 vehicle is modified to be driven by an individual in a wheelchair and no other
			 seat is provided for the driver and a wheelchair securement device is installed
			 in the driver position);
(k) 208
			 Occupant crash protection (S4.1.5.1(a)(1), S4.1.5.1(a)(3), S4.2.6.2, S5, S 7.1,
			 S 7.2, S 7.4, and S14 to S27 when type 2 or type 2A seat belts meeting the
			 requirements of FMVSS 209 and 210 are installed in the affected seating
			 position);
(l) 214 Side impact
			 protection (S5 when the affected seating and/or restraint system must be
			 modified to accommodate a person with a disability);
(m) 225 Child restraint anchorage systems
			 when the vehicle contains at least one tether anchorage. If no anchorage
			 remains, the anchorage shall be installed to comply with
			 49 C.F.R.
			 571.225, S 6, S 7, and S 8.