18Television receivers and visual display units

18 Television receivers and visual display units

18 Television receivers and visual display units

(1) A television receiver or visual display unit must not be installed in a heavy vehicle so any part of the image on the screen is visible to the vehicle’s driver from the normal driving position.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) a television receiver or visual display unit that can not be operated when the heavy vehicle is moving; or

(b) a driver’s aid in the heavy vehicle or, if the heavy vehicle is a bus, a destination sign in the bus.

Examples for paragraph (b)—

• closed-circuit television security cameras

• dispatch systems

• navigational or intelligent highway and vehicle system equipment

• rear view screens

• ticket-issuing machines

• vehicle-monitoring devices

(3) A television receiver, or visual display unit, and its associated equipment in a heavy vehicle must be securely mounted in a position that does not—

(a) obscure the driver’s view of the road from the normal driving position; or

(b) impede the movement of a person in the vehicle.