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Q We understand that an amendment to
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the Goods Vehicle Lighting Act requiring side reflectors to be fitted to the sides of vehicles above a certain length came into force on October 1 1970. This is to apply to vehicles first registered after that date. From January 1 1971 existing vehicles must also be fitted with side reflectors.
We have not been able to obtain a copy of the amendment; could you tell us the number of this, or, alternatively advise us of the details of the new requirements?
A The new regulations to which you refer concerning side reflectors are The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1970, Statutory Instrument number 233, obtainable from HMSO price ls 6d. The regulations require all vehicles which exceed 8 metres length and trailers which exceed 5 metres length to be fitted with two side-facing reflectors on each side, The reflectors must be amber in colour and display an approval mark incorporating the roman numeral I. One of the reflectors must be fitted not more than 500 millimetres (approximately 19-12-in.) from the extreme rear end of the vehicle and the other must be fitted not less than one-third and not more than two-thirds of the length of the vehicle from the extreme rear end.
In the case of trailers, including articulated trailers, the same dimensions apply but related to the length of the trailer only. In the case of drawbar trailers the length of the drawbar itself does not have to be included for the purposes of calculating the total length.
There are exemptions to these regulations for mobile cranes, engineering plant, special types of vehicles constructed for the primary purpose of moving excavated materials, public service vehicles, a broken-down vehicle not exceeding 8 metres length which, when it is being towed, is classed as a trailer and for vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain by a person resident outside the UK.