Harnesses - NJ Requirements

[larrybard]

I'm going back to NJMP this weekend with Schattenbaum.  (First time I've ever been to a DE event other than with RTR.)

Someone mentioned to me that not only may the NJ police be onsite, but that they may check harnesses, and in the past they have required that harnesses be no more than 2 years old.  My current 6 point harnesses are more than 2, but less than 5, years old.

My recollection is that PCA has a 5 year rule.  In addition, although I read what I think are the relevant NJ requirements (at http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/info/pdf/racing_regulations.pdf ) as I read the provisions relating to harnesses (§ 13:62-3.7 Safety belts, shoulder harness and crotch belt), they apply only to  vehicles participating "in racing, racing event practice, qualifying or testing" -- for which a minimum of 5 point harnesses are required -- but DE is probably not under the definitions of those terms (but instead under the definition of "driving school"), and any harnesses would only have to satisfy the requirements of DOT FMVSS 209.  I didn't see anything about a two year limit (or any other time limit) in 209 -- but then again, it was a lot to wade through, and I might have missed it.

So is it true that my 6 point harnesses cannot legally be used for DE at NJMP under NJ law?  Or was my friend  mistaken about the police enforcing a 2 year limit -- or the police mistaken about the law?

Thanks,

Larry