Interpretation ID: nht92-1.30

DATE: December 10, 1992

FROM: Curtis J. Crist -- Product Development, US Marine

TO: Paul Jackson Rice -- Chief Counsel, NHTSA

TITLE: None

ATTACHMT: Attached to letter dated 12/29/92 from Paul J. Rice to Curtis J. Crist (A40; Std. 108); Also attached to letter dated 10/08/76 from Frank Berndt (signature by Stephen P. Wood) to Donald I. Reed; Also attached to letter dated 12/21/77 from Joseph J. Levin, Jr. to Warren M. Heath

TEXT:

Please confirm that the enclosed 1976 and 1977 clarifications relative to front side marker lamps on boat trailers are still valid.

Also, I would like to attempt to eliminate the requirement for rear "identification lamps" on boat trailers 80 or more inches in overall width. Many of today's boat trailers have rear crossmembers positioned as much as 24 inches forward of the aft end of their frame. Consequently, the identification lamps are essentially hidden from view by the boat's hull bottom and outdrive or outboard lower unit. Please advise me as to what action I must take to have elimination of this requirement considered.

Thank you for your assistance.