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ROAD TRAFFIC (LIGHT VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 2018 (NO 5 OF 2018) - REG 87

87—Front clearance lights

        (1)         Front clearance lights may only be fitted to a vehicle that is at least 1.8 metres wide.

        (2)         A pair of front clearance lights must be fitted to a motor vehicle that is at least 2.2 metres wide, or a prime mover.

        (3)         The centre of a front clearance light must be—

            (a)         not over 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle; and

            (b)         if the vehicle was built after June 1953—

                  (i)         at least 750 millimetres higher than the centre of any low-beam headlight fitted to the vehicle; or

                  (ii)         not lower than the top of the windscreen.

        (4)         However, a front clearance light may be mounted on an external rear vision mirror or a mirror support if, when the mirror is correctly adjusted, no part of the lens of the clearance light is visible to a person in the normal driving position.

        (5)         When on, a front clearance light must—

            (a)         show a white or yellow light visible 200 metres from the front of the vehicle; and

            (b)         not use over 7 watts of power.



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