New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter E - Required Markings Or Signs
Part 68 - Slow-moving Vehicle Emblem
Section 68.4 - Test procedures
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Tests.
The emblem shall be tested in conformance with the following sections from SAE J575, Tests for Motor Vehicle Lighting Devices and Components:
Section B-Samples for tests
Section D-Laboratory facilities
Section E-Vibration test
Section H-Corrosion test (pertains to face of emblem only)
(b) Durability test.
Samples shall be exposed to the sun at an angle of 45 degrees to horizontal and facing south per American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM D1014, Conducting Exterior Exposure Tests of Paints on Steel.
TABLE 2 DURABILITY TEST PERIODS
| Minimum test period, months | ||
| Location | Fluorescent | Reflective |
| Outside in Midwest | 12 | 24 |
| or | ||
| Outside in Miami, Florida | 6 | 12 |
(c) Drop test.
Each test sample shall be dropped from a height of 5 feet (1.53 meters) to a smooth, hard surface equivalent to rigid metal or concrete. Each test sample shall be submitted to three drop tests: corner drop, edge drop, and flat drop. Failure shall be considered to have occurred when the emblem will no longer meet requirements in section 68.3.
