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- Greg
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Thank you for the information. Had no idea they were a govt requirement. To say the least, I still feel like most others copy the Raptor, especially a Toyota or other smaller truck.Those amber lamps are called "Front Identification Lamps" and they are NHTSA mandated for commercial vehicles and vehicles of a certain width. Raptor happens to be wide enough to need them, so was one of the first consumer vehicles to display them. Not really mimicry of the Raptor since there were plenty of other trucks using them already, so I don't think it's treading on toes... https://one.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/standards/conspicuity/TBMpstr.html
EDIT to add: This is interesting, I dug further and the Front Identification lights are supposed to be applied to any vehicle 80 inches wide or wider... guess how wide Lightning is? Exactly 80 inches *with no mirrors on it at all*. Even with the mirrors folded, it's 83.6 inches, so not sure why we DON'T have them! https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/product/2022/f-150-lightning/pdf/F-150_Lightning_Tech_Specs.pdf
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