Lighting (FMVSS 108)

NHTSA has published a notice in the Federal Register at 74 FR 42639 announcing it is denying a petition for rulemaking that was filed by the SAE Lighting Committee and the Groupe de Travail “Bruxelles 1952 (GTB) in 2004. That petition requested NHTSA add new specifications to FMVSS 108 for optional upper and lower beam patterns based on specifications pending approval by the UN ECE under ECE R112. The petition was denied over concerns that there may be a negative impact on safety associated with increased glare levels if the agency were to allow the newly requested lower beam photometry test points and higher intensity upper beam headlamps.