Interpretation ID: aiam0051
Staff Engineer
Bayerische Motoren Werke
c/o Hoffman Motors Corporation
50 Louis Street
South Hackensack
NJ 07606;
Dear Mr. Weinreich: Thank you for your letter of February 21, 1968, to Mr. J. E. Leysath o this Bureau, concerning the use of tubular type bulbs in license plate lamps.; Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 requires that license plate lamp conform to Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J587b. SAE J587b in turn requires that bulbs and bulb sockets conform to SAE Standards J573b and J567b, respectively. Since tubular type bulbs and sockets for these bulbs do not conform to these SAE Standards, their use in license plate lamps would not be permitted under the requirements of Standard No. 108.; Thank you for writing. Sincerely, David A. Fay, Office of Standards on Accident Avoidance Motor Vehicle Safety Performance Service;