SCHEDULE 12

PART IRequirements relating to obligatory stop lamps and to optional stop lamps to the extent specified in part ii

1.

Number–

(a)

Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c):

Two

(b)

A solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination, an invalid carriage and a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:

One

(c)

Any other motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1971 and any other trailer manufactured before that date:

One

2.

Position–

(a)

Longitudinal:

No requirement

(b)

Lateral–

(i)

Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle–

(A)

Where two stop lamps are fitted:

One on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle

(B)

Where only one stop lamp is fitted:

On the centre-line or off side of the vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination)

(ii)

Minimum separation distance between two obligatory stop lamps:

400 mm

(c)

Vertical–

(i)

Maximum height above the ground–

(A)

Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B):

1500 mm or, if the structure of the vehicle makes this impracticable, 2100 mm

(B)

A motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1971, a trailer manufactured before that date and a motor vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph:

No requirement

(ii)

Minimum height above the ground–

(A)

Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B):

350 mm

(B)

A motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1971 and a trailer manufactured before that date:

No requirement

3.

Angles of visibility–

(a)

A motor vehicle first used on or after 1st January 1971 and a trailer manufactured on or after that date–

(i)

Horizontal:

45° to the left and to the right

(ii)

Vertical–

(A)

Except in a case specified in sub-paragraph (B) or (C):

15° above and below the horizontal

(B)

Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 1500 mm above the ground:

15° above and 10° below the horizontal

(C)

Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 750 mm above the ground:

15° above and 5° below the horizontal

(b)

A motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1971 and a trailer manufactured before that date:

Visible to the rear

4.

Alignment:

To the rear

5.

Markings–

(a)

Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c):

An approval mark

(b)

A motor vehicle first used before 1st February 1974 and a trailer manufactured before that date:

No requirement

(c)

A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, in each case first used before 1st April 1986, and a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985 drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:

No requirement

6.

Size of illuminated area:

No requirement

7.

Colour:

Red

8.

Wattage–

(a)

A stop lamp fitted to a motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1971 or a trailer manufactured before that date and a stop lamp bearing an approval mark:

No requirement

(b)

Any other stop lamp:

15 to 36 watts

9.

Intensity:

No requirement

10.

Electrical connections–

(a)

Every stop lamp fitted to–

(i)

a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination first used on or after 1st April 1986 shall be operated by the application of every service brake control provided for the use of the rider;

(ii)

any other motor vehicle, shall be operated by the application of the service braking system.

(b)

Every stop lamp fitted to a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle shall be operated by the application of the service braking system of that motor vehicle.

11.

Tell-tale:

No requirement

12.

Other requirements–

  • Where two stop lamps are required to be fitted, they shall form a pair.

13.

Definitions–

  • In this Schedule “approval mark” means–

    1. (a)

      in relation to a solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination or a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination, a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 50A of Schedule 2 to those Regulations; and

    2. (b)

      in relation to any other vehicle, either–

      1. (i)

        a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 7 or, if combined with a rear position lamp, at item 8 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or

      2. (ii)

        a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 7B or, if combined with a rear position lamp, at item 7C of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.