Part IRequirements Relating to Obligatory Stop Lamps and to OptionalStop Lamps to the Extent Specified in Part II
1. Number— | |
(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c): | Two |
(b) A solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination, an invalid carriage and a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination: | One |
(c) Any other motor vehicle or trailer first used on or after 1st January 1936 and before 24th January 1996: | One |
2. Position— | |
(a) Longitudinal: | No requirement |
(b) Lateral— | |
(i)Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle— | |
(A)Where two stop lamps are fitted: | One on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle |
(B)Where only one stop lamp is fitted: | On the centre-line or off side of the vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination) 400 mm |
(ii)Minimum separation distance between two obligatory stop lamps: | 400 mm |
(c) Vertical— | |
(i)Maximum height above the ground— | |
(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B): | 1500 mm or, if the structure of the vehicle makes this impracticable, 2100 mm |
(B)A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996, a trailer manufactured before that date and a motor vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph: | No requirement |
(ii)Minimum height above the ground— | |
(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B): | 350 mm |
(B)A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured before that date: | No requirement |
3. Angles of visibility— | |
(a) A motor vehicle first used on or after 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured on or after that date— | |
(i)Horizontal: | 45° to the left and to the right |
(ii)Vertical— | |
(A)Except in a case specified in sub- head (B) or (C): | 15° above and below the horizontal |
(B)Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 1500 mm above the ground: | 15° above and 10° below the horizontal |
(C)Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 750 mm above the ground: | 15° above and 5° below the horizontal |
(b)A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured before that date: | Visible to the rear |
4. Alignment: | To the rear |
5. Markings— | |
(a)Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c): | An approval mark |
(b)A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured before that date: | No requirement |
(c) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, in each case first used before 24th January 1996, and a trailer manufactured before 24th January 1996 drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination: | No requirement |
6. Size of illuminated area: | No requirement |
7. Colour: | Red |
8. Wattage— | |
(a) A stop lamp fitted to a motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 or a trailer manufactured before that date and a stop lamp bearing an approval mark: | No requirement |
(b) Any other stop lamp: | 15 to 36 watts |
9. Intensity: | No requirement |
10. Electrical connections— | |
(a) Every stop lamp fitted to— | |
(i)a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination first used on or after 24th January 1996 shall be operated by the application of every service brake control provided for the use of the rider; | |
(ii)any other motor vehicle, shall be operated by the application of the service braking system; | |
(b) Every stop lamp fitted to a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle shall be operated by the application of the service braking system of that motor vehicle. | |
11. Tell-tale: | No requirement |
12. Other requirements—
Where two stop lamps are required to be fitted, they shall form a pair.
13. Definitions—
In this Schedule “approval mark” means—
(a)in relation to a solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination or a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination, a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 50A of Schedule 2 to those Regulations; and
(b)in relation to any other vehicle, either—
(i)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 7 or, if combined with a rear position lamp, at item 8 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or
(ii)a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 7B or, if combined with a rear position lamp, at item 7C of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.