Denial of Petition for Rulemaking; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

Résumé

This document denies the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) petition to incorporate the latest version of SAE J592 Clearance, Side Marker, and Identification Lamps, and SAE J593 Backup Lamps, into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108. NHTSA's analysis of the petition concludes that there is minimal benefit to the public in updating the reference to these SAE standards. While incorporation would make them more readily available to lighting and vehicle design engineers as a reference, this is a minimal benefit compared to the expenditures of Agency resources to implement it and other SAE standards whose references in FMVSS No. 108 are not the most recent. The Agency's commitment of its resources to its safety priorities precludes granting this petition. However, the agency has compiled a reference document of materials incorporated into FMVSS No. 108 to improve the availability of these materials. This document is available upon request.