Interpretation ID: nht68-3.14

DATE: 05/24/68

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; David A. Fay; NHTSA

TO: Department of California Highway Patrol

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Thank you for your letter of April 5, 1968, (Reference 61.A218.A1115) addressed to Dr. William Haddon, Jr., concerning the location of clearance lamps on several styles of truck bodies manufactured by the Utility Body Company.

Rear clearance lamps mounted at the top corners of the sleeper cab of the vehicle in Figure 1 of the drawing attached to your letter would not be in conformance with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108. On this same vehicle, the required location of the front clearance lamps is at the top corners of the sleeper cab. The additional set of front clearance lamps on the truck cab would not be required or prohibited by Standard No. 103. Locations of rear clearance lamps on the vehicles shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 of the drawing are in accordance with the requirements of Standard No. 108.

Our records do not indicate that we have furnished any evidence to the Utility Body Company regarding location of rear clearance lamps as shown in Figure 1. Under their letter of March 11, 1968, this company submitted to us a print of their drawing, which is identical to the drawing enclosed with your letter, and requested our comments on the proposed locations of their lighting equipment. The above information will be furnished to the Utility Body Company in reply to their March 11 letter and should serve as clarification of the requirements of Standard No. 108. This clarification also indicates that no conflict exists between the requirements of Standard No. 108 and the requirements of the California Vehicle Code with respect to location of your clearance lamps.