Interpretation ID: nht92-1.47

DATE: 12/01/92

FROM: PAUL JACKSON RICE -- CHIEF COUNSEL, NHTSA

TO: CHESTER I. NIELSEN, III -- VICE PRESIDENT SALES, WESBAR CORPORATION

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 10-21-92 FROM CHESTER I. NIELSEN, III TO WALTER B. MCCORMICK, JR. (OCC 7912)

TEXT: This responds to your letter of October 21, 1992, to Walter B. McCormick, Jr. (the General Counsel of this Department). You have written for "further explanation of S5.3.1.1.1 in FMVSS 108."

You have heard that there is an additional interpretation with respect to the location of clearance lamps on boat trailers whose overall width is 80 inches or more, which would allow mounting of these lamps in accordance with a sketch that you enclosed, and you ask for confirmation of this interpretation.

We are unaware of any interpretation of this nature. The requirements for the provision and location of clearance lamps on wide boat trailers remain those set forth in Tables I and II of Standard No. 108, with the exceptions set forth in paragraphs S5.1.1.9, S5.3.1.1.1, and S5.3.1.4.