File photo by Keith Norbury
Rearview Mirror
Mirror reflects the exhibit hall of the 2016 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
A test manual and kit has been developed to help upfitters meet new federal review visibility requirements.
Members of the National Truck Equipment Association can sign up for notification from the NTEA when the kits will be available for purchase, the association said in a news release.
The new Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, FMVSS 111, applies to multipurpose vehicles of 10,000 gross vehicle weight or less, and trucks and buses of any size, according the NTEA website. The standard will phase in for altered vehicles beginning this May 1, the release said. Full compliance is required by May 1, 2018.
The standard “specifies requirements for the performance, number, reflective surface area, magnification, labeling and location of rearview mirrors,” according to the NTEA.
The association scheduled education sessions and demonstrations on the new standard at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this March.