49 CFR § 587.2 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s587.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 587.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "587.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "587"
part_name: "DEFORMABLE BARRIERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 45779, Oct. 30, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "587"
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# 587.2 Purpose.

The design and performance criteria specified in this part are intended to describe measuring tools with sufficient precision to give repetitive and correlative results under similar test conditions and to reflect adequately the protective performance of a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment with respect to human occupants