68Parking lights

68 Parking lights

(1)  A light motor vehicle built after June 1953 must be fitted with –

(a) a pair of parking lights if it is a motor trike with 2 front wheels, except a moped, or a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels; or

(b) at least one parking light if it is a motor bike with an attached sidecar, or a motor trike with one front wheel, except a moped.

(2)  A pair of parking lights fitted to a light motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be fitted with the centre of each light –

(a) at least 600 millimetres from the centre of the other light; and

(b) not more than 510 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle.

(3)  Despite subregulation (2) , a pair of parking lights fitted to a light motor vehicle less than 1.3 metres wide may be fitted with the centre of each light not less than 400 millimetres from the centre of the other light.

(4)  A parking light fitted to a motor trike with 2 front wheels must not be more than 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle.

(5)  A parking light fitted to a motor bike with a sidecar must be fitted not more than 150 millimetres from the side of the sidecar furthest from the motor bike.

(6)  When on, a parking light must –

(a) show a white or yellow light visible 200 metres from the front of the light vehicle; and

(b) not use more than 7 watts power.

(7)  A parking light fitted to a light motor vehicle built after 1969 must be wired so the parking light is on when a headlight on the vehicle is on.

(8)  A parking light fitted to a sidecar attached to a motor bike must be wired to operate when a headlight, tail light or parking light on the motor bike is on.