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Subject:Re: Is it a Truck, an RV, a Car , a Station Wagon or just a Vanagon
From:Joshua Van Tol
Date:Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:58:25 -0600
>But for the Feds EPA & DOT/NTHSA, it gets a Truck designation. For
>emission/safety purpose, I don*t know how a vehicle get a car or truck
>designation but it is easy to tell if the feds consider something truck or
>car.  Emission/Safety requirements for trucks are about 10 years behind
>cars. So the hi-mount center third brake light required on all cars in the
>US since 1985 was

1987 was the first year for a third rear brake light.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net