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Interpretation ID: nht71-3.44

DATE: 07/21/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; L. R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Peterson Manufacturing Company

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: In reply to your letter of July 9, you are correct in assuming "it will still be permissible to illuminate motorcycle license plates from the bottom even after January 1, 1973."

The installation requirements of Standard No. 108, as set out in SAE Standard 587d, License Plate Lamps, March 1969, do not apply to motorcycles and motor driven cycles.