Third Brake Light

by Shawn Hooper

I have seen a number of posts lately regarding the LED replacement for the third brake light. So I looked it up on the net and found a LARGE (207+) page PDF that gives the federal DOT specs for the third brake lights.

Extract

10 page document in MS Word

Full document

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 - Laboratory procedure for: Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment


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26 February, 2006