Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment

Résumé

This notice responds to a notice of request for comments that NHTSA published in 1993 implementing the grant of a petition by Robert Bosch GmbH. It proposes an amendment to the Federal motor vehicle standard on lighting that would permit replaceable lenses on integral beam and replaceable bulb headlamps that incorporate on-board headlamp aimers, provided that such headlamps meet more rigorous environmental tests. The benefit of headlamps with replaceable lenses is that the lens or reflector could be replaced in the event of breakage of either without the present necessity to replace both components if only one is damaged.