Interpretation ID: nht72-2.27

DATE: 06/05/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: State of Louisiana

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of May 26 to Mr. Schneider, referencing your conversation with Mr. Vinson of this office on Federal motor vehicle safety standards appliable to mobile homes.

In answer to your questions:

(1) Mobile homes (house trailers) are required to comply with the same Federal Safety Standards applicable to other types of trailers.

(2) Lights are not required to be permanently installed. The use of a temporary lighting harness, removable when the home was completed its trip from factory to point of purchase, is acceptable.

(3) There are no Federal safety standards for hydraulic surge brakes on trailers.