116Operation and performance of warning lights

116 Operation and performance of warning lights (1) When operating, a warning light must display regular flashes of yellow light at a rate of at least 90, and not over 180, flashes a minute. (2) The warning lights at the same end of the bus must flash alternately. (3) Unless the driver has turned the warning lights off, they must operate automatically when a door on the bus opens and for at least 10, and not over 20, seconds after all the doors on the bus have closed.

Motor Vehicles (Standards) Regulations 2003 – Australian Vehicle Standards Rules 58 (4) The bus must have a visible or audible signal that tells the driver when the warning lights are operating. (5) The bus must be fitted with a switch that allows the driver to turn the warning lights off. (6) A warning light must have: (a) an effective lit lens area of at least 60 square centimetres; and (b) a luminous intensity (in candela) of at least the values mentioned in the following table when measured at the angles mentioned in the table. Vertical angle from centre of light Horizontal angle from centre of light

30°

20°

10° -5° 0° 5° 10° 20° 30° 10° 50 80 50 5° 180 320 350 450 350 320 180 0° 75 450 100 450 75 -5° 40 270 450 570 600 570 450 270 40 -10° 75 75 75 (7) For subrule (6)(b), the luminous intensity of a light is to be measured in accordance with the test method mentioned in third edition ADR 6.