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Interpretation ID: nht71-2.12

DATE: 03/09/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. H. Compton; NHTSA

TO: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of February 25, 1971, concerning the photometric requirements for amber turn signal lamps.

You have correctly interpreted the photometric requirements for amber turn signal lamps as specified in paragrap S4.1.1.7 of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, effective January 1, 1972.