52Front clearance lights

52 Front clearance lights

52 Front clearance lights

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

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

(3) The centre of a front clearance light fitted to a heavy vehicle must be—

(a) not more than 400mm from the nearer side of the vehicle; and

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

(i) at least 750mm 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 fitted to a heavy vehicle 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 the vehicle’s driver in the normal driving position.

(5) When on, a front clearance light fitted to a heavy vehicle must—

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

(b) not use more than 7W.

(6) In this section—

front clearance light means a light fitted to the front of a vehicle that indicates the dimension limits of the vehicle when viewed from the front.