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Show your licence
Page 146
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by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE
HOW careful must we be in exhibiting excise licences in the proper place ?
Regulation 20 of the Road Vehicle (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1 96 4, deals with this subject. It states that where a vehicle is fitted with a glass windscreen in front of the driver and extending across the vehicle to its nearside, then the licence disc must be displayed on or adjacent to the nearside lower corner of the windscreen so that all the particulars on it are clearly visible by daylight from the nearside of the road.
In "half cabs " where. the windscreen does not extend right across the vehicle and where the driver's cab contains a nearside window (as on the older type buses and on some Foden trucks) then the licence must be fitted to this window or on the nearside of the vehicle in front of the driver's seat not less than 2ft 6in (762mm) or more than 6ft (1.83m) from the road so that the particulars on it are clearly visible from the nearside.
The licence must have a holder sufficient to protect it from the effects of the weather to which it would otherwise be exposed.
The holders of operator's licences must display a valid identity disc appropriate to the vehicle in a waterproof container adjacent to the excise licence. Regulation 11 (2) of the Goods Vehicles (Operator's Licences) Regulations, 1969.
Regulation 140 of the Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1973, requires that goods vehicles subject to the plating and testing regulations carry the Ministry's plate securely 'fixed in the cab. Trailers must display " in a conspicuous and readily accessible position" the Ministry's test date disc issued for the vehicle so that it is clearly visible by daylight from the nearside of the road. Regulation 141, C and U Regs.
Where manufacturers' plates are required they must be "securely affixed to the vehicle in a conspicuous and readily accessible position." Regulation 39 (2) C and U Regs.
The unladen weight must be painted on some conspicuous place on the nearside of locomotives, tractors and heavy motor cars. (Regulation 74, C and U Regs.) No particular size of lettering is stipulated but the weight must be "plainly marked."
Although most goods vehicles display the owner's name and address there is no legal obligation to do so in most cases. If goods are required to be delivered in "plain vans " there is nothing to prevent this being done. An exception to this general rule is made in the case of vehicles from which milk and ice cream are sold and for vehicles delivering food and drink. In these cases the name and address of the owner of the vehicle must be displayed.