SAE J586_200707

This SAE Standard provides test procedures, requirements, and guidelines for stop lamps intended for use on vehicles of less than 2032 mm in overall width. -- Added Table of Contents. -- Removed Foreword since it no longer applies to this document. This document was revised to incorporate changes based on comments received from the June, 2006 balloted document. Editorial changes have been made and photometric tables have been substituted based on the October ballot for photometric figures. Section 2.1.1 SAE telephone numbers and web site added. Section 2.2.1 SAE telephone numbers and web site added. Federal publication web site added. European Community web site added. Section 3.1 Definition of stop lamp was revised. Section 5.1.5.1 thru 5.1.5.3.2 Removed underlining, bold text, and made numbering consistent. Section 5.1.5.3 Removed size 2 or 3 lamps – redundant. Section 5.1.5.3.1 Removed because of redundancy – renumbered subsequent sections. Section 6.1 Statement on the requirements for LED lamps added. Section 6.1.5.1 and 6.1.5.3 Bold lettering removed. Section 6.1.5.4 corrected reference to 6.1.5.3. Table 1 added. Table 2 was completely changed to the new format Figures 3, 4 and 5 requested by Signaling and Marking Device Committee. Values are the same. Section 6.6.2a Wording was modified for consistency with FMVSS 108. Figure 1 correction was made to the location of 15° angles. Section 7.1.2 was added to identify stop signal priority to turn signal and hazard warning signal. Section 7.1.2.1 Turn signal has priority since typically there are two other stop lamps to signal deceleration or a stopped vehicle. 7.1.2.2 Stop lamp must take priority over hazard warning signal since stop lamp indicates a decelerating or stopped vehicle whereas hazard warning may indicate a vehicle traveling less than posted minimum speed.