Interpretation ID: aiam1039
Commander
Engineering Section
Department of California Highway Patrol
P. O. Box 898
Sacramento
CA 95804;
Dear Mr. Heath: This is in reply to your letter of February 28th to Mr. Douglas W Toms, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, concerning the mounting of lamps and reflectors on mini-pickup trucks.; The December 8, 1972, letter from Commissioner W. Pudinski was place in Docket 69-19, Notice No. 3. We inadvertently failed to knowledge this action to Mr. Pudinski.; The visibility requirements of lamps and reflectors in Standard No. 10 are predicated on the normal driving or closed tail gate position. Since the use of motor vehicles, including driving with tail gates down or trunk lids open or otherwise having lights and reflectors obscured by a particular load on the vehicle, is under the jurisdiction of the individual states, we do not anticipate rule making on this subject.; Sincerely, E. T. Driver, Director, Office of Operating Systems, Moto Vehicle Programs;