Interpretation ID: nht88-3.39

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 09/10/88

FROM: LARRY P. EGLEY

TO: KATHLEEN DEMETER -- ASST. CHIEF COUNSEL NHTSA

TITLE: NONE

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 08/09/89 FROM STEPHEN P. WOOD -- NHTSA TO LARRY P. EGLEY; REDBOOK A33[2]; STANDARD 108; LETTER DATED 01/17/89 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY TO KATHLEEN DEMETER -- NHTSA; OCC 3028; LETTER DATED 05/23/89 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY TO KATH LEEN DEMETER -- NHTSA; REPORT DATED 09/10/88 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY, REQUEST FOR EVALUATION / INTERPRETATION OF PROPOSED INVENTION SUDDEN STOP FLASHER [SSF]; REPORT DATED 09/07/88 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY, AN APPEAL FOR VARIANT INTERPRETATION OF NHTSA STANDARDS AS THEY RELATE TO BRAKE LIGHTS AND THE SUDDEN STOP FLASHER [SSF]; LETTER DATED 07/13/88 FROM KATHLEEN DEMETER -- NHTSA TO LARRY P. EGLEY; LETTER DATED 06/23/88 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY TO RALPH HITCHCOCK -- NHTSA; OCC 2256; LETTER DATED 06/20/88 FROM LEWIS S. BUCHANAN -- EPA TO LARRY P. EGLEY; OCC 2199; LETTER DATED 06/09/88 FROM LARRY P. EGLEY TO LEWIS BUCHANAN

TEXT: Dear Ms DeMeter:

I recently sent two letters to NHTSA, the first dated June 9, 1988 and the second dated June 23, 1988, in which I described my invention, the "Sudden Stop Flasher (SSF)." I requested an evaluation or interpretation to determine if my device would meet the standards established by NHTSA, AND I also requested "reasonable confidentially." You responded in a letter dated July 13, 1988 that NHTSA "requires that all of its interpretations be made publically available."

Since the SSF is now registered in the U.S. Patent Office, I have decided to allow NHTSA to conduct an evaluation and publicize the results as required.

However, please ignore the two letters referenced above for purposes of the evaluation and replace them with Enclosures (1) and (2), attached. The Enclosures attached will be much easier for the evaluators to follow than the two misdirected letters, which are somewhat disjointed and contain extraneous details.

Thank you for your attention.

Enclosures: (1) Request for Evaluation/Interpretation of Proposed Invention: "Sudden Stop Flasher (SSF)"

(2) An Appeal for Variant Interpretation of NHTSA STANDARDS as they Relate to Brake Lights and the Sudden Stop Flasher (SSF)