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New Provisions in Rear Lights Bill
Page 68
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ANEW clause was added to the Road Transport Lighting (Rear Lights) Bill, last Friday, when it received its third reading in the House of Commons.
The new provisions are that during the hours of darkness a vehicle with a load projecting more than 3 ft. 6 in. behind the tail light must have a rear lamp within 3 ft. 6 in. of the rear of the load. This requirement applies to a vehicle towing another vehicle or trailer, as well as to a solo lorry.
The Minister of Transport is given power to require the side overhang of a load to be marked by a special lamp. The Bill provides that the same lamp could be used to indicate both rear and side overhang, and to show red to the rear and white to the front. If such a light is carried. the Minister may exempt the fitting of a tail light or lights to the vehicle itself.
The Bill was amended to provide that reflectors should be carried on vehicles as from October 1, 1954. Mr. Gurney Braithwaite, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, who said that the Bill had the Government's full backing, pointed out that the obligation to carry a second rear lamp would apply to vehicles from a date to be prescribed by the Minister. He thought that existing vehicles would have to be fitted with two lights as from October 1, 1957.
Col. J. H. Harrison, who sponsored the Bill, said that during all its stages there had been complete agreement on all sides of the House and everywhere he had received nothing but help.