Well, yeah, like this is soo obvious!

I mean, like everyone knows this.

Mike

On 7/18/03 12:48 PM, "JordanVw@AOL.COM" <JordanVw@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/18/03 3:30:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
> 
> 
>> Under 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)(A) (formerly section 108(c)(3)(A)(i)(I) of
>> the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (the Act)), a motor
>> vehicle that was not originally manufactured to conform to all
>> applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards shall be refused
>> admission into the United States unless NHTSA has decided that the motor
>> vehicle is substantially similar to a motor vehicle originally
>> manufactured for importation into and sale in the United States,
>> certified under 49 U.S.C. � 30115 (formerly section 114 of the Act), and
>> of the same model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be compared,
>> and is capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable
>> Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Where there is no substantially
>> similar U.S.- certified motor vehicle, 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)(B)
>> (formerly section 108(c)(3)(A)(i)(II) of the Act) permits a
>> nonconforming motor vehicle to be admitted into the United States if its
>> safety features comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply
>> with, all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards based on
>> destructive test data or such other evidence as the Secretary of
>> Transportation decides to be adequate. Under 49 U.S.C. � 30141(a)(1)
>> (formerly section 108(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Act), import eligibility
>> decisions may be made "on the initiative of the Secretary of
>> Transportation or on petition of a manufacturer or importer registered
>> under [49 U.S.C. � 30141(c)]."
>> 
>> 
> 
> take it easy mark, its friday  :<)   all this is greek to us :<)
> 
> chris
> 
>