# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Response to petitions for reconsideration; final rule. · Published 1997-04-08 · Effective 1997-07-01 · 62 FR 16709
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-8521
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 16709
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 1997-04-08
- **Effective date:** 1997-07-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. 80-9
## Abstract

This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of a final rule requiring that the rear of truck tractors be equipped with retroreflective material similar to that required on the rear of the trailers they tow to increase nighttime conspicuity.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/04/08/97-8521/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-lamps-reflective-devices-and-associated-equipment)
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