32Rear vision mirrors

32 Rear vision mirrors

(1)  A rear vision mirror fitted to a vehicle as required by this rule must be fitted so that the vehicle’s driver in a normal driving position can clearly see by reflection the road behind the vehicle and any following or overtaking vehicle.

(2)  At least one rear vision mirror must be fitted to –

(a) a car; and

(b) a motor trike with 2 front wheels; and

(c) a motor bike, or motor trike with one front wheel, built before July 1975.

(3)  At least one rear vision mirror must be fitted to each side of –

(a) a light motor vehicle with a GVM more than 3.5 tonnes; and

(b) a motor bike, or motor trike with one front wheel, built after June 1975; and

(c) a light motor vehicle having any side or rear glazing of a luminous transmittance of less than 70%; and

(d) a light bus.

(4)  A light motor vehicle with a GVM not more than 3.5 tonnes, except a motor vehicle specified in subregulation (2) or (3) , must be fitted with –

(a) at least one rear vision mirror on the right side of the vehicle; and

(b) at least one rear vision mirror on the left side of the vehicle or inside the vehicle.

(5)  A rear vision mirror fitted to a motor vehicle with a GVM more than 3.5 tonnes must not project more than 150 millimetres beyond the overall width of the vehicle, measured in accordance with the prescribed dimension requirements applying to the vehicle under the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 .

(6)  Despite subregulation (5) , the rear vision mirror may project up to 230 millimetres beyond the overall width of the vehicle if it can fold to project no more than 150 millimetres beyond that width as measured in accordance with that subregulation.

(7)  A light bus must be fitted with an interior mirror so that a driver of the bus, in the normal driving position, can clearly see by reflection the whole interior of the bus behind that driving position.