reversing lamp MOT legalities?
Discussion
Quick question,
Colleague of mine has a 'difficult to fix' prob with the switching on of the reversing light when going into reverse gear.
If he simply had a switch to turn on the lamp manually, would this be an MOT pass?
ie, must the light come on automatically with reverse gear?
1986 VW type 25 automatic by the way.
Colleague of mine has a 'difficult to fix' prob with the switching on of the reversing light when going into reverse gear.
If he simply had a switch to turn on the lamp manually, would this be an MOT pass?
ie, must the light come on automatically with reverse gear?
1986 VW type 25 automatic by the way.
tvrgit said:
Right so we've established that if a vehicle has reversing lights, they can only come on when the vehicle is reversing. We've also established that reversing lights aren't part of the MOT.
That doesn't answer the question that remains though from earlier posts: ie can you be fined if your reversing lights don't work? I don't think you can.
So again: (a) must a vehicle have reversing lights, and (b) if it does, must they work.
Ah, not my original question though! :-)That doesn't answer the question that remains though from earlier posts: ie can you be fined if your reversing lights don't work? I don't think you can.
So again: (a) must a vehicle have reversing lights, and (b) if it does, must they work.
My colleagues gearbox switch thing is stuffed, so is it legal to have a switch to turn the reversing lights on, but the looks of the above, no its not, as they can come on when the vehicle ISN't reversing, and possibly also when the engine isn't running.
But, it's not part of the test, and as long as he doesn't forget the police would never know!
I think!
tvrgit said:
bryan35 said:
tvrgit said:
Right so we've established that if a vehicle has reversing lights, they can only come on when the vehicle is reversing. We've also established that reversing lights aren't part of the MOT.
That doesn't answer the question that remains though from earlier posts: ie can you be fined if your reversing lights don't work? I don't think you can.
So again: (a) must a vehicle have reversing lights, and (b) if it does, must they work.
Ah, not my original question though! :-)That doesn't answer the question that remains though from earlier posts: ie can you be fined if your reversing lights don't work? I don't think you can.
So again: (a) must a vehicle have reversing lights, and (b) if it does, must they work.
My colleagues gearbox switch thing is stuffed, so is it legal to have a switch to turn the reversing lights on, but the looks of the above, no its not, as they can come on when the vehicle ISN't reversing, and possibly also when the engine isn't running.
But, it's not part of the test, and as long as he doesn't forget the police would never know!
I think!
(a) he doesn't have to fix it for the MOT or for any other reason; and
(b) if he does want to fix it, he can fit a separate switch as long as it has a warning light when it's on.
There!
i shall pass the info on.
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