New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 62 - MOTOR VEHICLE RACE TRACK RULES
Subchapter 3A - DRIFTING
Section 13:62-3A.7 - Safety belts

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:62-3A.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

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

(b) All vehicles participating in a drifting race, practice, qualifying, or testing event shall require a minimum of a five-point safety belt for each occupant meeting one of the following standards:

1. SFI Specification 16.1 (May 1, 2008), SFI Specification 16.5 (June 5, 2012), or SFI Specification 16.6 (April 20, 2018), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and available at http://www.sfifoundation.com , seat belts shall be valid until the expiration date preprinted on the label. 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 8853/98 (updated September 28, 2012), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented 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.

(c) Safety belts must be installed according to the manufacturers recommendations and to the guidelines of the sanctioning organization.

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

(e) Drivers of street legal vehicles shall be permitted to make use of the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) seat belts.

(f) Street legal vehicles equipped with roll bars or a roll cage shall require a minimum five-point safety belt for each occupant.

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