Interpretation ID: nht72-1.11

DATE: 05/04/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: British Leyland Motors, Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of April 19 calling our attention to Mr. Whitehead's letter of February 8 addressed to Docket No. 70-27. We regret the delay in answering Mr. Whitehead's question. Communications addressed to the docket, which arrive in large volume, are normally filed without reply. We request that letters requesting a reply be addressed to the Administrator, not the docket, so that they will be promptly assigned for action.

Mr. Whitehead asked whether a display of "red letters" when the lamp is lit would satisfy the proposed revision of Standard No. 105, and recommended that the words "red lens" be deleted from paragraphs S4.3.2c and S4.7.2d of the proposed amendment to Standard No. 105. The red letters described appear to satisfy the intent of the proposal, and the suggestion for rewording will be considered when the final rule is issued.