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220Using lights on vehicle that is stopped
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220 Using lights on vehicle that is stopped (1) A driver must not stop on a road at night unless— (a) if the driver’s vehicle is 2.2m wide, or wider—the clearance and side marker lights fitted to the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or (b) in any other case—the parking lights fitted to the driver’s vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible. (2) This section does not apply to a driver if the driver stops on a length of road, or in an area, with street lighting and the driver’s vehicle is visible for at least 200m in all directions from the vehicle. (3) In subsection (1), a reference to a kind of light fitted to a vehicle is a reference to a light of that kind required to be fitted to the vehicle under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000, schedule 1 (Light vehicle standards).