(Regulation 20)
SCHEDULE 6E+W+Srequirements relating to optional front fog lamps
1. Number– (a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b): | No requirement |
(b) A motor vehicle, other than a motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 1st April 1991: | Not more than two |
2. Position– (a) Longitudinal: | No requirement |
(b) Lateral– (i)Where a pair of front fog lamps is used in conditions of seriously reduced visibility in place of the obligatory dipped beam headlamps–
| 400 mm |
(ii)in all other cases: | No requirement |
(c) Vertical– (i)Maximum height above the ground– (A)Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B): | 1200 mm |
(B)An agricultural vehicle, a road clearance vehicle, an aerodrome fire tender, an aerodrome runway sweeper, an industrial tractor, engineering plant and a home forces' vehicle: | No requirement |
(ii)Minimum height above the ground: | No requirement |
3. Angles of visibility: | No requirement |
4. Alignment: | To the front and so aimed that the upper edge of the beam is, as near as practicable, 3 per cent below the horizontal when the vehicle is at its kerbside weight and has a weight of 75 kg on the driver’s seat |
5. Markings– (a) A vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1986: | An approval mark |
(b) A vehicle first used before 1st April 1986: | No requirement |
6. Size of illuminated area: | No requirement |
7. Colour: | White or yellow |
8. Wattage: | No requirement |
9. Intensity: | No requirement |
10. Electrical connections: | No individual requirement |
11. Tell-tale: | No requirement |
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I2Sch. 6 para. 2 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I3Sch. 6 para. 3 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I4Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I5Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I6Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I7Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I8Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I9Sch. 6 para. 9 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I10Sch. 6 para. 10 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I11Sch. 6 para. 11 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
12. Other requirements–E+W+S
Every front fog lamp shall be so constructed that the direction of the beam of light emitted therefrom can be adjusted whilst the vehicle is stationary.
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 6 para. 12 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
13. Definitions–E+W+S
In this Schedule “appproval mark” means either–
(a)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 19 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or
(b)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 19 or 19A of Schedule 2 of those Regulations.
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 6 para. 13 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)