Part IRequirements Relating to Obligatory Rear Fog Lamps and to Optional Rear Fog Lamps to the Extent Specified in Part II
1. Number: | One |
2. Position— | |
(a) Longitudinal: | At or near the rear of the vehicle |
(b) Lateral— | |
(i)Where one rear fog lamp is fitted: | On the centre-line or off side of the vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination) |
(ii)Where two lamps are fitted: | No requirement |
(c) Vertical— | |
(i)Maximum height above the ground— | |
(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub-head (B): | 1000 mm |
(B)An agricultural vehicle, engineering plant and a motor tractor: | 2100 mm |
(ii)Minimum height above the ground: | 250 mm |
(d) Minimum separation distance between a rear fog lamp and a stop lamp— | |
(i)In the case of a rear fog lamp which does not share a common lamp body with a stop lamp: | A distance of 100 mm between the light-emitting surfaces of the lamps when viewed in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle |
(ii)In the case of a rear fog lamp which shares a common lamp body with a stop lamp: | 100 mm |
3. Angles of visibility— | |
(a) Horizontal: | 25° inwards and outwards. However, where two rear fog lamps are fitted it shall suffice if throughout the sector so defined at least one lamp (but not necessarily the same lamp) is visible |
(b) Vertical: | 5° above and below the horizontal |
4. Alignment: | To the rear |
5. Markings: | An approval mark |
6. Size of illuminated area: | No requirement |
7. Colour: | Red |
8. Wattage: | No requirement |
9. Intensity: | No requirement |
10. Electrical connections: | No rear fog lamp shall be fitted to any vehicle so that it can be illuminated by the application of any braking system on the vehicle |
11. Tell-tale: | A circuit-closed tell-tale shall be fitted |
12. Other requirements—
Where two rear fog lamps are fitted to any motor vehicle or trailer manufactured on or after 1st May 1980 and first used on or after 1st November 1980 they shall form a matched pair.
13. Definitions—
In this Schedule “approval mark” means either—
(a)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 20 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or
(b)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 38 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.