The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
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Item Class of vehicle Mirrors to be fitted Requirements to be<br />
complied with by<br />
any mirrorsfitted<br />
motor vehicle or one<br />
which is not driven at<br />
morethan 20 mph) other<br />
than a vehicle described in<br />
item 4.<br />
4 A goods vehicle not being<br />
an agricultural motor<br />
vehicle with amaximum<br />
gross weight exceeding<br />
12,000 kg which is<br />
first used on or after<br />
1stOctober 1988<br />
5 A two-wheeled motor<br />
cycle with or without a<br />
sidecar attached<br />
required in the entry in<br />
this column in item 6<br />
Mirrors complying<br />
with paragraph 2.1 of<br />
Annex III to Community<br />
Directive 85/205<br />
No requirement<br />
Annex II to Community<br />
Directive 85/205.<br />
(a) If the vehicle is<br />
first used on or after<br />
1stOctober 1978,<br />
Item 2 of Annex Ito<br />
CommunityDirective<br />
71/127, 79/795or<br />
80/780 or Annex<br />
II to Community<br />
Directive 85/205<strong>and</strong><br />
paragraph (4)of this<br />
regulation.<br />
6 A wheeled motor vehicle<br />
not in items 1 to 5,<br />
whichis first used on<br />
or after 1st June 1978<br />
(or, in the case of a Ford<br />
Transitmotor car, 10th<br />
July 1978)<br />
(i) At leastone mirror<br />
fitted externally on the<br />
offside of the vehicle; <strong>and</strong><br />
(ii) at least one mirror<br />
fitted internally, unless a<br />
mirror sofitted would give<br />
the driver no view to the<br />
rear of the vehicle; <strong>and</strong><br />
(b)In other cases, none.<br />
Item 2 of Annex I to<br />
Community Directive<br />
71/127or 79/795 or Annex<br />
II to Community Directive<br />
85/205<strong>and</strong> paragraphs (2)<br />
<strong>and</strong> (4)of this regulation.<br />
7 A wheeled motor vehicle,<br />
not in items 1 to 5,<br />
firstused before 1st June<br />
1978 (or in the case of<br />
a Ford Transit motor<br />
(iii) at least one mirror<br />
fitted externally on the<br />
nearside ofthe vehicle<br />
unless a mirror which<br />
gives the driver an<br />
adequate view to therear is<br />
fitted internally<br />
At least one mirror fitted<br />
externallyon the offside<br />
of the vehicle <strong>and</strong> at least<br />
one mirror fitted either<br />
internallyor externally<br />
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None, except as specified<br />
in paragraph (3).
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