Harnesses - NJ Requirements

[Larry Herman]

Here is the section that applies:
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§ 13:62-3.7 Safety belts, shoulder harness and crotch belt

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(a) Safety belts are required at all times for any vehicles (except motorcycles), and any occupant of any vehicle, that is allowed on any portion of the race track.

(b) Safety belts for driving schools, time trials, lapping days, and promotional and tour events must meet the standards required by the sanctioning body or event organizer. At a minimum, original vehicle equipment DOT FMVSS 208, incorporated herein by reference and available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS/index.html, seat belts or DOT FMVSS 209, incorporated herein by reference and available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/impo...index.html, aftermarket seat belts shall be required.

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© All vehicles (except motorcycles) participating inracing, racing event practice, qualifying or testing shall require a minimum of a five-point safety belt for each occupant meeting one of the following standards:

1. SFI 16.1 or SFI 16.5, incorporated herein by reference and available at

http://www.sfifoundation.com, seat belts shall be valid until December 31st of the second year after the date of manufacture punched or indicated on the SFI tag. There shall be one original tag attached to one of the two shoulder belts, one original tag attached to one of the lap belts and a third original tag attached to the crotch belt.

2. FIA 8853, incorporated herein by reference and available at http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/standregs.html, seat belts shall be valid for five years from the year of manufacture. Belts are stamped or printed with an expiration year. FIA seat belts expire on December 31 of the year printed or stamped on the FIA tag. FIA tags are located on each leg of the shoulder belt and lap belt, and on one leg of the crotch strap.

(d) Safety belts must be installed according to the manufacturer's recommendations and to the guidelines of the sanctioning organization.

(e) Four-, five-, and six-point seat belts shall not be used in conjunction with any original equipment vehicle seat that has integrated headrest without a direct pass thru for proper installation of a double shoulder belt.

(f) Crotch straps, in any installation, shall not be routed around the front of a seat.

So what this says is that for DE's the belts must meet the sanctioning bodies rules (i.e. PCA) and for racing the manufacturers rules (i.e. 2 years for SFI and 5 years for FIA belts).

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