Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 153 - LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT › Section 153.4 - Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Required motor vehicle lighting equipment.
Required equipment
					 shall be as follows:
(1) Except as provided
					 in succeeding subparagraphs, each vehicle shall be equipped with at least the
					 number of lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment specified in
					 Tables I and III of Appendix A, as applicable. Required equipment shall be
					 designed to conform to the SAE Standards or Recommended Practices referenced in
					 those tables. Table I of Appendix A shall apply to multipurpose passenger
					 vehicles, trucks, trailers, and buses, 80 or more inches in overall width.
					 Table III of Appendix A shall apply to passenger cars and motorcycles and to
					 multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, trailers, and buses, less than 80
					 inches in overall width.
(i) A truck tractor
					 need not be equipped with turn signal lamps mounted on the rear if the turn
					 signal lamps at or near the front are so constructed, double-faced and so
					 located that they meet the requirements for double-faced turn signals specified
					 in SAE Standard J588e, "Turn Signal Lamps," September 1970.
(ii) A truck tractor need not be equipped
					 with any rear side marker devices, rear clearance lamps, and rear
					 identification lamps.
(iii)
					 Intermediate side marker devices shall not be required on vehicles less than 30
					 feet in overall length.
(iv)
					 Reflective material conforming to Federal Specification L-S-300, "Sheeting and
					 Tape, Reflective; Nonexposed Lens, Adhesive Backing," September 7, 1965, may be
					 used for side reflex reflectors if this material, as used on the vehicle, meets
					 the performance standards in Table I of SAE Standard J594d, "Reflex
					 Reflectors," March 1967.
(v) The
					 turn signal operating unit on each passenger car, and multipurpose passenger
					 vehicle, truck, and bus less than 80 inches in overall width manufactured on or
					 after January 1, 1973, shall be self-cancelling by steering wheel rotation and
					 capable of cancellation by a manually operated control.
(vi) Each stop lamp on any motor vehicle
					 manufactured between January 1, 1973, and September 1, 1978, may be designed to
					 conform to SAE Standard J586b, "Stop Lamps," June 1966. It shall meet the
					 photometric minimum candlepower requirements for class A red turn signal lamps
					 specified in SAE Standard J575d, "Test for Motor Vehicle Lighting Devices and
					 Components," August 1967. Each such lamp on a passenger car and on a
					 multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, trailer, or bus less than 80 inches in
					 overall width shall have an effective projected luminous area not less than 3
					 1/2 square inches. If multiple compartment lamps or multiple lamps are used,
					 the effective projected luminous area of each compartment or lamp shall be not
					 less than 3 1/2 square inches; however, the photometric requirements may be met
					 by a combination of compartments or lamps.
(vii) Each turn signal lamp on any motor
					 vehicle, except motorcycles, manufactured between January 1, 1972, and
					 September 1, 1978, may be designed to conform to SAE Standard J588d, "Turn
					 Signal Lamps," June 1966, and shall meet the photometric minimum candlepower
					 requirements for Class A turn signal lamps specified in SAE Standard J575d,
					 "Tests for Motor Vehicle Lighting Devices and Components," August 1967. Each
					 such lamp on a passenger car and on a multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck,
					 trailer or bus less than 80 inches in overall width shall have an effective
					 projected luminous area not less than 3 1/2 square inches. If multiple
					 compartment lamps or multiple lamps are used, the effective projected luminous
					 area of each compartment or lamp shall be not less than 3 1/2 square inches;
					 however, the photometric requirements may be met by a combination of
					 compartments or lamps. Each such lamp on a multipurpose passenger vehicle,
					 truck, trailer or bus 80 inches or more in overall width shall have an
					 effective projected luminous area not less than 12 square inches.
(viii) For each passenger car, and each
					 multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, trailer, and bus of less than 80 inches
					 in overall width the photometric minimum candlepower requirements for side
					 marker lamps specified in SAE Standard J592e "Clearance, Side Marker, and
					 Identification Lamps," July 1972, may be met for all inboard test points at a
					 distance of 15 feet from the vehicle and on a vertical plane that is
					 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and located midway
					 between the front and rear side marker lamps.
(ix) Boat trailers need not be equipped with
					 both front and rear clearance lamps provided an amber, to front, and red, to
					 rear, clearance lamp is located at or near the midpoint on each side of the
					 trailer so as to indicate its extreme width.
(x) Multiple license plate lamps and backup
					 lamps may be used to fulfill the requirements of the SAE Standards applicable
					 to such lamps referenced in Appendixes A and C of this chapter.
(xi) A parking lamp shall not be required to
					 meet the minimum photometric values at each test point specified in Table I of
					 SAE Standard J222. "Parking Lamps (Position Lamps)," if the sum of the
					 candlepower measured at the test points within the groups listed in Figure 1 of
					 this section is not less than the sum of the candlepower values for such test
					 points specified in J222.
(xii) A
					 tail lamp, stop lamp, or turn signal lamp shall not be required to meet the
					 minimum photometric values at each test point specified in the referenced SAE
					 Standards, if the sum of the candlepower measured at the test points is not
					 less than that specified for each group listed in Figure 1 of this section, or
					 for motorcycle turn signal lamps, not less than 1/2 of such sum.
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(xiii) [Reserved].
(xiv) [Reserved].
(xv) [Reserved].
(xvi) All passengers cars and multipurpose
					 passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses of less than 80 inches overall width
					 shall be equipped with turn signal operating units designed to complete a
					 durability test of 100,000 cycles.
(xvii) A trailer that is less than 30 inches
					 in overall width may be equipped with only one of each of the following lamps
					 and reflective devices, located at or near its vertical centerline: tail lamp,
					 stop lamp and near reflex reflector.
(xviii) A trailer that is less than 6 feet in
					 overall length, including the trailer tongue, need not be equipped with front
					 side marker lamps and front side reflex reflectors.
(xix) A lamp manufactured on or after January
					 1, 1974, and designed to use a type of bulb that has not been assigned a mean
					 spherical candlepower rating by its manufacturer and is not listed in SAE
					 Standard J573d, "Lamp Bulbs and Sealed Units," December 1968, shall meet the
					 applicable requirements of this standard when used with any bulb of the type
					 specified by the lamp manufacturer, operated at the bulb's design voltage. A
					 lamp that contains a sealed-in bulb shall meet these requirements with the bulb
					 operated at the design voltage of the bulb.
(xx) Except for a lamp having a sealed-in
					 bulb, a lamp manufactured on or after January 1, 1974, shall meet the
					 applicable requirements of this standard when tested with a bulb whose filament
					 is positioned within plus or minus 0.010 inch of the nominal design position
					 specified in SAE Standard J573d, "Lamp Bulbs and Sealed Units," December 1968
					 or specified by the bulb manufacturer.
(xxi) Instead of a headlighting system of two
					 Type 1 headlamps and two Type 2, 5 3/4-inch headlamps, a vehicle manufactured
					 on or after January 1, 1974 may be equipped with a headlighting system of two
					 Type 1A headlamps and two Type 2A headlamps that meet the following
					 requirements:
(A) Each Type 1A headlamp and
					 Type 2A headlamp shall be designed to conform with the requirements for a Type
					 1 headlamp and Type 2, 5 3/4-inch headlamp respectively, as specified in any
					 SAE Standard or Recommended Practice, referenced or subreferenced by Tables I
					 and III of Appendix A, except as provided in clauses (B) and (C).
(B) Each Type 1A and Type 2A headlamp shall
					 be designed to conform with the applicable dimensional requirements and
					 specifications of Figure 2 of this section. At a voltage of 12.8 volts, the
					 maximum design wattage with an allowable tolerance of plus 7.5% shall be 50
					 watts for a Type 1A headlamp and 60 watts for each filament of a Type 2A
					 headlamp.
(C) The following SAE
					 Standards and Recommended Practices or portions thereof, shall not apply:
(I) SAE Standard J571b, "Dimensional
					 Specifications for Sealed Beam Headlamp Units," April 1965.
(II) SAE Standard J573d, "Lamp Bulbs and
					 Sealed Units," December 1968.
(III)
					 Figure 1, SAE Recommended Practice J602, "Headlamp Aiming Device for
					 Mechanically Aimable Sealed Beam Headlamp Units," August 1963.
(IV) Paragraph 2 of "Retaining Ring
					 Requirements," and the paragraph "Proper Seating of Sealed Beam Unit," SAE
					 Standard J580a, "Sealed Beam Headlamp," June 1966.
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(xxii) A backup lamp shall not be required to
					 meet the miniumum photometric values at each test point specified in Table I of
					 SAE Standard J593c "Backup Lamps," if the sum of the candlepower measured at
					 the test points within each group listed in Figure 3 of this section is not
					 less than the group totals specified in that figure.
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(xxiii) Variable load turn signal flashers
					 shall comply with voltage drop and durability requirements with the maximum
					 design load connected and shall comply with starting time, flash rate, and
					 percent current "on" time requirements both with the minimum and with the
					 maximum design load connected.
(xxiv) The lowest voltage drop for turn
					 signal flashers and hazard warning signal flashers measured between the input
					 and load terminals shall not exceed 0.8 volt.
(xxv) The only required equipment for mobile
					 structure trailers shall be stop lamps, tail lamps, rear reflex reflectors and
					 turn signal lamps.
(xxvi) A
					 motor-driven cycle whose speed attainable in one mile is 30 miles per hour or
					 less need not be equipped with turn signal lamps.
(xxvii) A motor-driven cycle whose speed
					 attainable in one mile is 30 miles per hour or less may be equipped with a stop
					 lamp whose photometric output for the groups of test points specified in Figure
					 1 of this section is at least 1/2 of the minimum values set forth in that
					 figure.
(xxviii) Each tail lamp on
					 any motor vehicle manufactured before September 1, 1978, may be designed to
					 conform to SAE Standard J585c, "Tail Lamps," June 1966.
(xxix) Each turn signal lamp on a motorcycle
					 manufactured between January 1, 1973, and September 1, 1978, may be designed to
					 conform to SAE Standard J588d, "Turn Signal Lamps," June 1966.
(xxx) Except as provided in subparagraph
					 (xii), each turn signal lamp on a motorcycle shall meet 1/2 of the minimum
					 photometric values at each test point specified for Class A turn signal lamps
					 in SAE Standard J575d, "Tests for Motor Vehicle Lighting Devices and
					 Components," August 1967, or in SAE Standard J588e, "Turn Signal Lamps,"
					 September 1970, as applicable.
(xxxi) Each turn signal lamp on a motorcycle
					 manufactured on and after January 1, 1973, shall have an effective projected
					 luminous area not less than 3 1/2 square inches.
(xxxii) Note 6 of Table 1 in SAE Standard
					 J588e, "Turn Signal Lamps," September 1970, shall not apply. A stop lamp that
					 is not optically combined with a turn signal lamp shall remain activated when
					 the turn signal is flashing.
(xxxiii) Headlamps may conform to SAE
					 Standard J579c, "Sealed Beam Headlamp Units for Motor Vehicles," December 1974,
					 except that:
(A) In Table I of SAE Standard
					 J579c, the maximum candela at any test point shall not exceed 37,500.
(B) In Table II of SAE Standard J579c, the
					 combined maximum candela at any test point shall not exceed 37,500.
(C) At a voltage of 12.8 volts, the maximum
					 design wattage, with an allowable tolerance of plus 7.5%, shall be as follows:
					 50 watts for Type 1 (5 3/4-inch); 37.5 watts for Type 2 (5 3/4-inch) high beam;
					 and 60 watts for Type 2 (5 3/4-inch) low beam, Type 2 (7-inch) low beam and
					 Type 2 (7-inch) high beam.