Div 12Direction indicator lights

Division 12—Direction indicator lights

97 Direction indicator lights on motor vehicles

(1) A motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built after August 1966 or a left-hand drive motor vehicle must have—

(a) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its front that face forwards; and

(b) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its rear that face backwards.

(2) A motor vehicle with less than 4 wheels that was built after June 1975 must have—

(a) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its front that face forwards; and

(b) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its rear that face backwards.

(3) A motor vehicle that is not required to have direction indicator lights may have—

(a) one or more pairs of direction indicator lights that are visible from both the front and rear of the vehicle; or

(b) both—

(i) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its front that face forwards; and

(ii) a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its rear that face backwards.

98 Direction indicator lights on trailers

(1) A trailer built after June 1973 must have a pair of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its rear that face backwards.

(2) A trailer that is not required to have direction indicator lights may have one or more pairs of direction indicator lights fitted on, or towards, its rear that face backwards.

99 Location of direction indicator lights

(1) A pair of direction indicator lights fitted to a vehicle must have the centre of each light at least—

(a) for a motor cycle or the single wheel end of a motor trike, 300 millimetres from the centre of the other light; and

(b) for lights fitted at the 2 wheel end of a motor trike, 600 millimetres from the centre of the other light, unless the centre of each direction indicator light is not over 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle; and

(c) for another vehicle with a width of not over 1300 millimetres, 400 millimetres from the centre of the other light; and

(d) for another vehicle with a width of over 1300 millimetres, 600 millimetres from the centre of the other light.

(2) The centre of each direction indicator light must be at least 350 millimetres above ground level.

(3) The centre of each light in a pair of direction indicator lights required to be fitted to a vehicle must not be more than—