The chicken truckers can breath a little easier now since the FMCSA has revised the rules concerning additional lights on equipment.

In 2005, the FMCSA issued rules prohibiting more than three lights on the backs of trailers and specifying limits on the rest of the tractor and trailer.

FMCSA said earlier this month that it would permit the use of additional lights on trucks, provided each extra light was “at least twice the distance that separates each [additional] lamp in the required three-lamp cluster.”

The new ruling does not seem to address the issue of additional lights on the cab and sides of the trailer.

I imagine that will remain up to the individual states enforcement officers to make the determination.