Interpretation ID: nht70-1.30

DATE: 01/06/70

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; C. A. Baker; NHTSA

TO: Toyota Motor Company, Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Thank you for your letter of December 29, 1969, to Mr. J. E. Leysath of this Office, concerning an interpretation of paragraph S3.3 of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108.

The requirements and provisions of paragraph S3.3 are applicable to combinations of the required lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment as specified elsewhere in the standard. These requirements and provisions do not preclude the use of a non-required (ornamental) Class B reflex reflector in a combination rear lamp. I should also point out that effective January 1, 1970, the standard requires Class A rear reflex reflectors on all vehicles, including passenger cars. As you have proposed, such required Class A reflectors may be mounted separately from the combination rear lamp.