Interpretation ID: nht69-1.49

DATE: 04/10/69

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Charles A. Baker; NHTSA

TO: Department of California Highway Patrol

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Thank you for your letter of January 24, 1969, to Dr. William Haddon, Jr., former Director, National Highway Safety Bureau, concerning the installation of front identification lamps on various vehicles manufactured in more than one stage.

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 specifies that multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, truck tractors, and buses of 80 inches or more in overall width shall be equipped with three identification lamps on the front of the completed vehicle. This standard is applicable to the completed vehicle and it is the responsibility of the final assembler to certify that such vehicle conforms to the standard. A manufacturer of a chassis-cab is not required to mount identification lamps on the chassis-cab. However, if he does so, the manufacturer who adds a body to the chassis-cab is not required to add identification lamps to the front of the body.