Interpretation ID: aiam3872
Sales Manager
Shinn Fu Co.
of America
Inc.
1004 Ancover Park
East Seattle
WA 98188;
Dear Mr. Shaw: This is in reply to your letter of December 5, 1984, with respect t the permissibility under Federal regulations of a 'Supplemental Eye-Level Rear Stop Light' which provides functions additional to a stop signal.; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, *Lamps, Reflectiv Devices and Associated Equipment* specifies requirements only for center high-mounted stop lamps as original equipment on passenger cars, and for equipment that replaces original equipment center high mounted stop lamps.; If you offer this device to new car dealers for installation on ne cars before their sale, the dealer bears the responsibility for insuring that the car he sells complies with the center high mounted stop lamp requirements for new motor vehicles. On vehicles manufactured before September 1, 1986, equipped with the center lamp, that lamp may flash with the hazard warning lamp, but it cannot be combined with other lighting functions such as turn signal.; However, the device you wish to offer appears intended as a aftermarket device and not intended as original equipment for passenger cars. If this assumption is correct, there is no Federal standard that applies to it, and its legality must be determined according to the law of each State where it will be in use.; We hope that this information has been helpful. Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel