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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:58:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
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From:         Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Is it a Truck, an RV, a Car ,
              a Station Wagon or just a Vanagon
Comments: To: YauMan Chan <YAUMAN@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <s6989067.089@collchem.cchem.berkeley.edu>
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>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
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