New York Safety asking for side marker lights?

[Hapnyny]

Hi,

Trying to register my Cobra in NY and the Safety Department is asking me to put front side marker lights and rear side marker lights? Any suggestions?

[xb-60]

Front side AND rear side marker lights? Is that a requirement on new vehicles in NY?
It does sound excessive, however I'm in Australia, so I can't comment with any authority . I have to provide one side marker light here.

Cheers,
Glen

[RonKahn]

Honestly, as long as you put a DOT compliant tiny LED, you would not even notice it?

https://www.superbrightleds.com/roun...h-mount-3-leds

[Harpoon PV2]

How many people work at that Safety Department? I found when I had to deal with our County Building Department, if I got turned down by one person, I would go back, sometimes two or three more times, and I would finally get approval. Cheers, Dennis

[Mark IV]

Put "N/A" for both on the form. We have never had any "Cobra style" car denied because of it.

[1985 CCX]

You can do it MKIV style.....

[cycleguy55]

The safety inspection people here started by telling me I needed to install side marker lamps, but my car has beehive-style tail lamps and matching front lamps - which the inspectors here accepted as they're visible from the side. Do they meet the viewing angles as defined in DOT specifications? Unlikely, but they were still accepted.

I also had to install reflectors visible from the side, but was able to source 2" x 3.5" self-adhesive mylar reflectors that are attached to the side of the bumperettes - amber in front and red in rear. They look like this:


If my car had rectangular tail lamps and/or lower profile front lamps then the discussion likely would have been somewhat different.

[Hapnyny]

Hi Mark,

I put N/A on the form but the inspector still ask for it. On the check list he indicated anything built after 1976 requires marker lights. Car was built 1992, should I challenge the inspector on the matter?

[Mark IV]

When you say "inspector' are you talking about the Albany Vehicle Safety people? If so, please PM or email me and I will give you what you can do.

[Hapnyny]

Thanks Mark!

We do later today.

[BobP607]

This is odd. I just registered my Superformance in April. This subject never came up. However, one gentleman in Albany was quite concerned that my turn signal bulbs be a different color than the lenses. Clear lense w amber bulb up front and red lenses with clear bulbs in the rear.

Bob