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#34370 Proposed Rule Regarding RAIN LIGHTS in F/SR Cars from April FT

From Stevan Davis · Taken care of

2024-01-01 Proposed Rule Regarding RAIN LIGHTS in F/SR Cars from April FT

#34370 from Stevan Davis · Taken care of · Minutes (2023-08 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter in response to letter #33905 requesting that FIA 2019-spec rain lights be mandated for all formula and
sports racing cars. The recommendation was published for comment in the May Fastrack and was ratified by the SCCA Board of
Directors as part of a Club Racing Board rules package. The new rule for GCR section 9.3.32.B.2 mandating FIA 2019-spec rain
lights for F/SR was published in the Updated June GCR to become effective 1/1/2024.
The video accompanying the letter requesting FIA rain lights was quite graphic in showing the difference between minimum spec
rain lights and LED rain lights. Many of the responding letters argue for setting a minimum lumens requirement and requiring
acquisition of a lumens measurement device for SCCA Tech groups. Agreeing on a minimum lumens spec, agreeing on view
angle, agreeing on a reliable measurement device, providing said device to the Regions (or mandating that they acquire one),

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and specifying and then consistently carrying out measurements are all problematic. The FIA spec is enforceable.
Note that unlike other driver personal safety items such as helmets, harnesses, fire bottles, and HANS devices, the rain light
impacts the safety of others on track just as much as it does the person who is in the car to which it is attached. The one-time
expense of the FIA 2019-spec rain light is very cost-effective compared to the cost of a single accident avoided.

Refers to

#33905 Request to mandate FIA 2019 rain lights Michael A Reupert · Recommended to the Board

Referred to by

#34372 FIA rain light proposal in Fastrack Dave Weitzenhof · Taken care of
#34373 FIA Rain Lights Matt Clark · Taken care of
#34409 33905 mandate for FIA rain light - OPPOSE Joshua Justice · Taken care of
#34422 Against Request to mandate FIA 2019 rain lights Andy Pastore · Taken care of
#34423 Oppose FIA rain light rule change Larry Winkelman · Taken care of
#34427 FIA rain light letter #33905 Bill Wise · Taken care of
#34432 Opposition to #33905 - proposed rain light changes Chris Frassetti · Taken care of
#34436 Letter Against #33905 Requiring FIA Rain Lights Matt Boian · Taken care of
#34438 Response to Letter #33905 Christopher Zarzycki · Taken care of
#34442 Formula Car and Sports Racer Rain Lights Fred Michael · Taken care of
#34445 Re: #33905 (Michael A Reupert) Michael Hinkle · Taken care of
#34467 Rain Light Opposition George Bugg · Taken care of
#34469 #33905 (Michael A Reupert) Request to mandate FIA 2019 Rain Light Eric Little · Taken care of
#34524 FIA Racing Light Requirement Joe Fisher · Taken care of
#34541 FIA-Spec Rain Lights Marton Carroll · Taken care of
#34542 FIA Lights Not Needed Russ Werner · Taken care of
#34637 Why Do We Need This Rain Light? Edward Erlandson · Taken care of
#34714 A rational rain light rule Vaughan Scott · Taken care of
#34724 FIA Rain lights Brandon Lavender · Taken care of
#34755 Revise F/SR rain light rule Larry Winkelman · Taken care of