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The
“1967 Vehicle Safety Act” resulted in the mandating of Front and Rear
Side Marker* Lights for all Vehicles. Prior to this, all
vehicles entering Intersections at night (or in foul weather) …
had only its’ Headlights and Tail Lights to warn surrounding
Traffic and Pedestrians, of its’ presence, length and width;
which produced a significant safety problem because Tail Lights and Head
lights were only designed to project light primarily forward or rearwards.
It had became very obvious that many Intersection Crashes** could
be avoided if all Vehicles were equipped with separate or
Optically Combined lamps … that deliberately project mandated
warning light to the sides.
*Should, more descriptively, be called “Side Pointing Lights” **Feds
now use the term “Crash” rather than “Accident”
To
fully comply to the intent of this Federally Mandated “Side Seeable*
(conspicuity) Objective” … Vehicle Manufacturers should always try to
locate their, side pointing, Side Marker Lighting as near to average traffic
and pedestrian eye level as possible and spaced … no more than 30’
from each other in order to be FMVSS #108 compliant and
“Conspicuous”** to all Intersections drivers and pedestrians.
*Side Pointing Conspicuity guarantees that Intersection Traffic and
Pedestrians never loose site of the vehicle passing in front of them.
**The Federal Term …
“CONSPICUITY” … represents the “Main Objective” for all the
Side Pointing and Rear Pointing
Lights & Reflectors mandated by FMVSS #108
As
pointed out in TLC #104B … just one of
our … Tongue Mounted, all Amber WingTips® simultaneously provides
both the Left and the Right, Frontal, (Side Pointing), Amber
required Sight Scopes*. Also, note that any of our single bulb,
360° viewable WingTips® … if strategically located … can
additionally provide some appreciated, useful, economical and practical
Tongue area illumination – for the hooking and unhooking of the Tongue
Winch/Hitch Mechanism and similar lighting aid choices. See Sections
TLC #103B and TLC #104B.
*Side Pointing Conspicuity guarantees that Intersection Traffic and
Pedestrians never loose site of the vehicle passing in front of them.
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