Interpretation ID: aiam1706
Executive Vice President
Safety Development Systems
Second and Cole Streets
Haines
OR
97833;
Dear Mr. Overbay: In your letter of November 13, 1974 you ask for confirmation of statement you attributed to Taylor Vinson of this office, from a recent telephone conversation, that 'as far as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is concerned a green light is legal on the back of an auto.'; Our position is that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 doe not forbid installation of a green lamp as original equipment on the rear of a vehicle as long as it does not impair the effectiveness of the required lighting equipment. This means that currently a State may allow a green rear light as optional equipment or forbid its use. Accordingly a green light on the rear of a vehicle is legal or illegal according to the laws of the State where the vehicle is registered.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Acting Chief Counsel