Interpretation ID: aiam0467
924 47th Avenue
N.E.
Minneapolis
Minnesota 55421;
Dear Mr. Blethen: In your letter of October 21 to Mrs. Petruska, out docket clerk, yo ask whether your rearview mirror idea is 'legal or permissible.' My answer, of course, is restricted to the permissibility of such a mirror by the Federal motor vehicle safety standards.; Federal Motor Vehicle SAfety Standard No. 111, *Rearview Mirrors*, doe not apply to mirrors *per se* by specified requirements that must be met by rearview mirrors mounted in new passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles. There are no Federal safety requirements directly applicable to mirrors, and thus manufacture and sale of your rearview mirror is not prohibited by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle SAfety Act of 1966.; Sincerely, Lawrence R. Schneider, Chief Counsel