Vehicle Lighting Changes in New Regulations
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THE Road Vehicles Lighting (Amend". ment) Regulations, 1961, which come into operation on October 19, permit the ambulances and vehicles used for police, fire brigade or fire salvage purposes to carry lamps displaying a blue light to the rear, and road clearance vehicles to carry lamps displaying an amber light to the rear, subject to the lamps complying with the prescribed conditions.
Road clearance vehicles are also permitted to displayamber reflecting surfaces facing rearwards.
The Regulations also contain amending requirements as to the marking of obligatory rear lamps carried on nonmechanically propelled vehicles. The Regulations are obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office price 4d.
YORK TRAILER EXPANSION
BECAUSE of increasing pressure on production space at their main plant, York Trailer Co., Ltd., Corby, Northants, have taken over extra temporary premises at Weldon, nr. Corby, to house their' third-axle division.
These will be used for third-axle conversions until York's new building, north -f the present plant, is ready.
The new building is, expected to be ready within six months.