[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR575.2]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 575_CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A_Regulations Issued Under Section 112(d) of the National 
              Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act; General
 
Sec.  575.2  Definitions.

    (a) Statutory definitions. All terms used in this part that are 
defined in section 102 of the Act are used as defined in the Act.
    (b) Motor Vehicle Safety Standard definitions. Unless otherwise 
indicated, all terms used in this part that are defined in the Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards, part 571 of this subchapter (hereinafter ``the 
Standards''), are used as defined in the Standards without regard to the 
applicability of a standard in which a definition is contained.
    (c) Definitions used in this part.
    Owner's manual means the document which contains the manufacturer's 
comprehensive vehicle operating and maintenance instructions, and which 
is intended to remain with the vehicle for the life of the vehicle.
    Skid number means the frictional resistance measured in accordance 
with American Society for Testing and Materials Method E-274 at 40 miles 
per hour, omitting water delivery as specified in paragraph 7.1 of that 
Method.

[35 FR 6867, Apr. 30, 1970, as amended at 38 FR 5339, Feb. 28, 1973; 48 
FR 44081, Sept. 27, 1983; 54 FR 48749, Nov. 27, 1989; 64 FR 27924, May 
24, 1999]

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