Interpretation ID: nht72-1.13

DATE: 09/22/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; E. T. Driver; NHTSA

TO: Mr. Darrell L. Lindemann

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reference to your letter of September 8, 1972, concerning glare from chrome trim on the hood of your 1971 Ford Torino, which was forwarded to our attention by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 107, "Reflecting Surfaces . . .", regulates the specular gloss of four types of bright metal components in the driver's field of view but does not include chrome trim on the hood of a vehicle. In an effort to extend the scope of this standard to make it more effective in reducing daylight glare, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sponsored four contract investigations dealing with glare. The final report on the last entry will be completed soon. After studying the results of this research. We intend to revise Standard No. 107 to cover other glare-producing areas of the vehicle.