Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 108
utomatic activation of the lower beam exist. (18) Despite S6.1.5 and Table I-a of TSD 108, the tail lamps may be activated without the concurrent activation of the headlamps or parking lamps, if the daytime running lamps are activated. (19) Beginning on September 1, 2021, if the fuel level indicator, oil pressure indicator, engine coolant temperature indicator, battery charging indicator, transmission control position indicator or speedometer indicator or their identifications are illuminated when the daytime running lights of a vehicle are in use, (a) the lower beam headlamps shall (i) automatically activate in a steady-burning state in less than two seconds when the ambient light outside the vehicle is less than 1,000 lux while the transmission control is in the forward or reverse position and the vehicle is in motion, unless the lower beam headlamps were deactivated manually after their automatic activation following the most recent disarming of the immobilization system in accordance with section 114, and (ii) automatically deactivate under the conditions set out by the manufacturer; or (b) the tail lamps shall be alight. (20) For the purposes of paragraph (19)(a), the ambient light outside a vehicle shall be measured on a horizontal surface, with a cosine corrected sensor at the same height as the mounting position of the ambient light sensor on the vehicle. Fog Lamps and Forward Auxiliary Road Illumination Lamps — Aiming Adjustment Mechanism (21) Every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle, motor tricycle, truck and bus equipped with a front fog lamp or forward auxiliary road illumination lamp shall be equipped with a mechanism for that lamp that (a) allows aim adjustment of the vertical aim by one person to maintain the beam pattern of the lamp within the full range of vertical pitch of the vehicle, with the use of ordinarily available tools; and (b) allows the adjustment referred to in paragraph (a) after being subjected to the corrosion test procedure set out in S14.6.3.1 of TSD 108. Information (22) There shall be provided, in the owner’s manual, with every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck and bus, the information required by TSD 108 in relation to the safe operation of the lighting systems and reflective devices of the vehicle. (23) There shall be provided, in the owner’s manual, with every three-wheeled vehicle, information relating to the safe operation of the lighting systems and reflective devices of the vehicle that is the same as the information required by TSD 108 in relation to passenger cars. (24) Except for the words “sealed beam” referred to in S6.5.3.3.1 of TSD 108 and the word “motorcycle” referred to in S10.17.2 of TSD 108, any information required under this section to be marked on a passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle, motorcycle, restricted-use vehicle, trailer, truck or bus shall be in English and French. Daytime Running Lamps (25) Subsections (26) to (30) apply to passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses and three-wheeled vehicles. (26) Every vehicle shall be equipped with daytime running lamps (a) in accordance with S6.1.3.1 of TSD 108, except that the reference to “applicable photometric requirements” in that provision is a reference to the applicable photometric requirements set out in SAE Standard J2087, Daytime Running Light (August 2017) (SAE Standard J2087); (b) in accordance with S6.2 of TSD 108, except that the references in that provision to “lighting equipment required by this TSD” and to “required lamp” include a reference to “daytime running lamp”; and (c) that conform to (i) sections 5, 6 and 7.3.1 of SAE Standard J2087, except that despite section 6.1.2, if a daytime running lamp is optically combined with a white front position lamp that has a projected luminous lens area of 200 cm 2 or less, it may conform to the light intensity distribution values shown in figure 1 when t