Washington Administrative Code › Title 204 - State Patrol (Equipment) (See also Titles 212, 446 and 448) › Chapter 204-10 - Equipment standards › Section 204-10-022 - Body requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 Defroster and defogging devices: Every enclosed motor vehicle must be equipped
			 with a device capable of defogging and defrosting the windshield area. Vehicles
			 or exact replicas of vehicles manufactured prior to January 1938 are exempt
			 from this requirement.
(2) Door
			 latches: Every enclosed motor vehicle equipped with side doors leading directly
			 into a compartment that contains one or more seating accommodations must be
			 equipped with door latches which firmly and automatically secure the door when
			 pushed closed and which allow each door to be opened both from the inside and
			 outside.
(3) Hoodlatches: A front
			 opening hood must be equipped with a primary and a secondary latching system to
			 hold the hood in a closed position.
Hoods are optional equipment on vehicles defined as street rod
				vehicles, custom vehicles and kit vehicles.
(4) Enclosed passenger compartment: A motor
			 vehicle with an enclosed passenger compartment and powered by an internal
			 combustion engine must be constructed to prevent the entry of exhaust fumes
			 into the passenger compartment.
(5)
			 Floor pan: A motor vehicle must be equipped with a floor pan under the entire
			 passenger compartment capable of supporting the weight of the number of
			 occupants that the vehicle is designed to carry.
(6) Bumpers: A motor vehicle must be equipped
			 with a bumper on both the front and rear of the vehicle with the exception of
			 motor vehicles where the original or predominant body configuration, provided
			 by a recognized manufacturer, did not include such bumper or bumpers in the
			 design of the vehicle. For the relevant model year, bumpers must accommodate
			 recognized manufacturer impact absorption systems pursuant to applicable SAE
			 Bumper Standards or equivalent standards.
Bumpers are optional equipment on vehicles defined as street
				rod vehicles, custom vehicles and kit vehicles. Bumpers, unless specifically
				exempted above, must:
(a) Be at least
			 four and one-half inches in vertical height.
(b) Be centered on the vehicle's
			 centerline.
(c) Extend no less than
			 the width of the respective wheel track distances.
(d) Be attached to the vehicle in a manner
			 equivalent to the original manufacturer's installation.
(e) Be horizontal load bearing and attach to
			 the vehicle frame to effectively transfer energy when impacted.
(f) Be mounted at a maximum height based on
			 the vehicle classification and original gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of
			 the vehicle, measured from a level surface to the highest point on the bottom
			 of the bumper. For vehicles exempted from the bumper requirement for the
			 reasons stated above, a maximum frame elevation measurement must be made to the
			 bottom of the frame rail. Maximum heights are as follows:
Front
Back
Passenger Vehicles and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
22 Inches
22 Inches
For Trucks:
4,500 lbs. and under GVWR
24 Inches
26 Inches
4,501 lbs. to 7,500 lbs. GVWR
27 Inches
29 Inches
7,501 lbs. and over GVWR
28 Inches
30 Inches
A blocker beam or additional bumper may not be used to meet the
				above requirements.
(g) If
			 an existing bumper from a recognized manufacturer is not used and a special
			 bumper is fabricated, it must be certified as meeting the bumper standards set
			 under  49 C.F.R. 581.