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11th August 1984

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Page 5, 11th August 1984 — Legal bleeps

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AUDIBLE WARNING devices are to be legalised on commercia vehicles — many years aftei operators started to fit them.

The Department of Transpon has drafted amendments to thE Construction and Use Regula. tions which will permit revers. ing alarms to any vehicle ovel 3.5 tonnes gvw, provided thai they are not used at night, thai they do not have a strident tone and that they cannot bE confused with "safe to cross' signals at a pedestrian crossing.

For the future, the DTp iE looking at the possibility of introducing a technical standarc for reversing alarms, but in thE meantime it is looking for com. ments on the draft amendmeni by October 1.