Side marker light

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Volkswagen New Beetle Sport Edition with yellow side marker lights at the front
Omnibus with yellow side marker lights
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with rear side marker lights
Since the Maybach 62 is longer than six meters, the mandatory side marker lights can be found in the rear doors in the lower area

Side marker lights ( SML ) are vehicle lights that are used to better represent the outline of a vehicle. They are linked to the parking lights . Side marker lights shine and reflect orange, while the rearmost side marker lights can be red if they are part of the tail lights.

Legal situation

Germany

In Germany, side marker lights, including those that have been retrofitted, are also permitted under certain conditions. Active side marker lights in yellow are required by law in Germany for all vehicles that are longer than six meters.

United States

Side marker lights are currently only compulsory in the USA on cars built after 1970. The vehicles that came onto the market in 1968 are equipped with it. There they must be attached to every car where the front direction indicators are too far from the widest part of the vehicle. If the tail lights are too far from the edge of the vehicle, side marker lights are also required there. In US cars that do not have such lights, the direction indicators or the rear lights mark the outlines of the vehicle. This is possible because the front direction indicators are then linked to the parking lights.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook Motor Vehicle Electronics: Basics - Components - Systems - Applications, p. 337. Online
  2. ↑ Commercial vehicle technology: Fundamentals, systems, components, p. 471. Online
  3. ^ Charles J. Kahane: An Evaluation of Side Marker Lamps For Cars, Trucks, and Buses . In: DOT HS 806 430 . National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC July 1983 (Retrieved July 18, 2009).
  4. ↑ FMVSS No. 108: Lamps and Reflective Devices (PDF file; 2 MB)
  5. ↑ Flashing Sidemarker Lamps . Daniel Stern Lighting. December 12, 2002. Retrieved August 14, 2006.