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kW concerning the fitting and use of rips is contained in the Road Transport Act 1957, the Road Traffic Act 1962, id Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1964, ,ad Vehicle (Headlamps) Regulations and the Road Vehicle (Headlamp) ions 1968.
leadlamps must be mounted so that 9 not lower than 2ft from the ground er than 3ft Bin. The latter provision ot apply to vehicles propelling snow aerodrome fire tenders or runway rs, engineering plants or a loading Lamps less than 2ft from the ground used in fog or while snow is falling. s also a relaxation of these rules for vehicles used by the armed forces and cles first registered before January 1,
lamps must be so constructed that the .f light from them is permanently dedownwards so that it is incapable of any person standing on the same :al plane as the vehicle at a greater than 25ft from the lamp, and whose eye level is not less than 3ft 6in. above that plane: or can be deflected downwards or both downwards and to the left at the will of the driver so that it cannot dazzle a person under the circumstances quoted above.
Alternatively a headlamp can be fitted so that the beam which comes from it can be extinguished by a switch which at the same time brings on another light which complies with the anti-dazzle provisions.
Finally the law is complied with if the headlamp can be extinguished by a device which at the same time either deflects the beam of light from another lamp downwards or both downwards and to the left or brings into or leaves in operation a lamp or lamps which comply with the anti-dazzle provisions of the Regulations.
New additional regulations concerning headlamps became operative on April 1, 1 967 and are contained in the Road Vehicle (Headlamp) Regulations 1967. These regulations together with the 1968 Regulations which concern the use of headlamps outside builtup areas will be discussed in subsequent articles.