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Interpretation ID: nht93-2.14

DATE: March 11, 1993

FROM: Samuel Kimmelman

TO: Chief Counsel, NHTSA

TITLE: None

ATTACHMT: Attached to letter dated 3-31-93 from John Womack to Samuel Kimmelman (A41; Std. 108); Also attached to letter dated 11-1-89 from Stephen P. Wood to Samuel Kimmelman

TEXT: Enclosed is a copy of a letter dated Nov. 1, 1989 from NHTSA, signed by the then Acting Chief Counsel Stephen P. Wood.

In the next to last paragraph Mr. Wood states that NHTSA requires the front hazard waning lamps must continue to operate even when the stop lamps are activated.

Does NHTSA continue to hold to the requirement as put forth in Mr. Wood's letter or has this requirement been revised?