I thought those were only issued on Canadian trucks. If you have a Canadian truck I doubt your inspector would know that it should have daytime lights. Might be worth asking around to find out. These trucks are so old that it might not be something that would come up.
Sadly, I dont think they were actually mandated in the US.... BUT all the manufacturers jumped onto this safety bandwagon because they likely figured it was coming, seeing there was a Safety-nut **** going on in the 90's...
In Socialist ***** Republic of Massachusetts, we have yearly safety and emissions inspection, Comrade. (Said in a Russian accent)
It used to be no big deal, guys would "overlook" certain things and pass you... Big tires? Eh. No emissions equipment on that '84 Cutlass w/a 455? "Looks bone stock to me, here's your sticker! wink wink".
It wasnt usually a terrible experience unless your vehicle was a complete toilet. Then the "Libtahds" got savvy to the emissions and safety game, mandating chassis roller-dyno-emissions testing... And because it would be overly expensive to open State Inspection Stations, the politicians told all current inspection station owners to upgrade to a new system or get locked out. Cost the private inspection station owners over 10K to buy & install. Quite a few told them to piss into the wind. The system didnt work right, some terrible accidents occurred, and after a long, protracted fight, "we" won a huge battle, releasing all OBD-2 and prior vehicles from emissions testing. The chassis dyno-roller tests went buh bye.... although they kept the clause "must retain all emissions equipment" in the laws.... To add insult to injury, these dynos were proprietary, so you couldn't just modify them to run as a proper dyno system, making them huge piles of scrap.
The libtards soon responded with super safety & emissions inspections... They passed a new law forcing Shop owners, who do inspections, to install multiple cameras, a whole new emissions test system, all tied to the state inspection network. They made sure there were huge penalties for any violations by inspectors.... so most everyone covers their butts now. Cant blame them....
Under safety, if your vehicle was equipped with a safety device, of any kind, it must function. All lighting must be compliant to the original design.
- DTRLs No Workie? You Shall Not Pass!
- Clear aftermarket lens instead of factory amber... FAIL. (Even if the bulb is Amber).
When this stupid thing launched several years ago, I was hassled about my "3rd Brake Light" on my '92 Z71... Yeah, exactly.. no such thing exists. I had to show the guy the owners manual for my "Clear Cargo Light" and plus a quick Google of the US 3rd Brakelight mandate. I was also hassled about my front turn signals... which again, had to show the guy pictures of them. He didnt believe me until he looked at a dead GMT400 out behind his shop...
This is why I want to be careful.
I did the quad 4 and Direct Battery power and Spider headlight (non-glass) upgrade on my '92 Z71 and it made a HUGE difference...