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The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989
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PART IE+W+SRequirements relating to obligatory side marker lamps and to optional side marker lamps to the extent specified in part ii
1. Number– (a) A vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) which is– (i)a motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 or a trailer manufactured on or after 1st October 1990: | On each side: two and as many more as are sufficient to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 2(a) |
(ii)a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1990: | One on each side |
(b) Long vehicles and vehicle combinations to which regulation 22 applies: | The numbers required by regulation 22 |
2. Position– (a) Longitudinal– (i)A vehicle of a type mentioned in sub-paragraph 1(a)(i)– (A)Maximum distance from the front of the vehicle, including any drawbar, in respect of the foremost side marker lamp on each side: | 4 m |
(B)Maximum distance from the rear of the vehicle in respect of the rearmost side marker lamp on each side: | 1 m |
(C)Maximum separation distance between the light-emitting surfaces of adjacent side marker lamps on the same side of the vehicle: | 3 m or, if this is not practicable, 4 m |
(ii)A vehicle of a type mentioned in sub-paragraph 1(a)(ii): | Such that no part of the light-emitting surface is forward of, or more than 1530 mm to the rear of, the centre point of the overall length of the trailer |
(iii)Long vehicles and vehicle combinations, including any loads, to which regulation 22 applies: | As specified in regulation 22 |
(b) Lateral: | No requirement |
(c) Vertical– (i)Maximum height above the ground: | 2300 mm |
(ii)Minimum height above the ground: | No requirement |
3. Angles of visibility– (a) Horizontal: | 45° to the left and to the right when viewed in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle |
(b) Vertical: | No requirement |
4. Alignment: | To the side |
5. Markings: | No requirement |
6. Size of illuminated area: | No requirement |
7. Colour: | Amber or, if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red or, if the vehicle is a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1990, it may be white when viewed from the front and red when viewed from the rear |
8. Wattage: | No requirement |
9. Intensity: | Visible from a reasonable distance |
10. Electrical connections: | No individual requirement |
11. Tell-tale: | No requirement |
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I1Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 1 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I2Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 2 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I3Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 3 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I4Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 4 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I5Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 5 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I6Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 6 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I7Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 7 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I8Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 8 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I9Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 9 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I10Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 10 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
I11Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 11 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)
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