Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation (NSW)
65Operation and visibility of direction indicator lights
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65 Operation and visibility of direction indicator lights
65 Operation and visibility of direction indicator lights
(1) A direction indicator light fitted to a heavy motor vehicle must—
(a) when operating, display regular flashes of light at a rate of—
(i) for a heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels—at least 60 but not more than 120 flashes per minute; or
(ii) for another heavy motor vehicle—at least 45 but not more than 120 flashes per minute; and
(b) be able to be operated from the normal driving position by the vehicle’s driver; and
(c) be wired to an audible or visible device in the vehicle that tells the driver in the normal driving position that the direction indicator light is operating; and
(d) flash at the same time and rate as any other direction indicator lights fitted on the same side of the vehicle.
(2) A direction indicator light fitted to a side of a heavy trailer must, when operating, flash at the same time and rate as the direction indicator light or lights fitted to the same side of the towing vehicle.
(3) The flashes of light displayed by a direction indicator light fitted to a heavy vehicle must be—
(a) for a light facing forwards—white or yellow; or
(b) for a light facing backwards—
(i) yellow; or
(ii) if the vehicle was built before July 1973—red or yellow; and
(c) for a light facing out from the side of the vehicle—
(i) white or yellow towards the front and side; and
(ii) if the vehicle was built before July 1973—red or yellow towards the rear and side; and
(iii) if the vehicle was built after June 1973—yellow towards the rear and side.
Note—
The third edition ADRs only allow yellow direction indicator lights.
(4) If a heavy motor vehicle’s direction indicator lights display only yellow light, the vehicle may be equipped to allow the lights to operate simultaneously on both sides of the vehicle, if an audible or visible signal tells the driver in the normal driving position when the lights are operating simultaneously.