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ROAD TRAFFIC (LIGHT VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 2018 (NO 5 OF 2018) - REG 94

94—Fitting brake lights

        (1)         A brake light must be fitted to the rear of a vehicle built after 1934.

        (2)         A pair of brake lights must be fitted to the rear of—

            (a)         a motor vehicle built after 1959 that has 4 or more wheels; and

            (b)         a motor trike built after 1959 that has 2 rear wheels; and

            (c)         a trailer built after June 1973.

        (3)         The centre of a brake light must be—

            (a)         at least 350 millimetres above ground level; and

            (b)         not over—

                  (i)         1.5 metres above ground level; or

                  (ii)         if it is not practicable to fit the light lower—2.1 metres above ground level.

        (4)         A vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more additional brake lights.

        (5)         The centre of an additional brake light must be at least 350 millimetres above ground level.

        (6)         If only 1 brake light is fitted to a vehicle, it must be fitted in the centre or to the right of the centre of the vehicle’s rear.

        (7)         Subrule (6) applies to a motor bike with an attached sidecar as if the sidecar were not attached.

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        (8)         For the purposes of this rule, a light fitted to a vehicle that functions as a brake light and a direction indicator light is taken to be a brake light if the vehicle was built before 1 January 1973.



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