Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2007C00078:body:0:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2007C00078
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 30533–33499

For passing lamps, the minimum height from the ground shall be measured from the bottom of the lens or the reflector, whichever of these is the higher.

5.8. In the absence of specific instructions, no lamps other than direction-indicator lamps and the vehicle-hazard warning signal shall be flashing lamps.

5.9. No red lamp shall be visible towards the front and no white lamp shall be visible towards the rear. Compliance with this requirement shall be verified as shown hereunder (see drawing in annex 4):

5.9.1.  visibility of red lamp towards the front: red lamp must not be directly visible to an observer moving in zone 1 of a transverse plane situated 25 m forward of the foremost point on the vehicle;

5.9.2.  visibility of white lamp towards the rear: white lamp must not be directly visible to an observer moving in zone 2 of a transverse plane situated 25 m rearward of the rearmost point on the vehicle;

5.9.3. in their respective planes, the zones 1 and 2 explored by the eye of the observer are bound:

5.9.3.1. in height, by two horizontal planes 1 m and 2.2 m respectively above the ground;

5.9.3.2. in width, by two vertical planes, forming frontwards and rearwards angles of 15° outwards from the vehicle's median longitudinal plane. These planes contain respectively the vertical intersection lines of vertical planes parallel to the vehicle's median longitudinal plane and delimiting the vehicle's over-all length and of transversal planes delimiting the vehicle's over-all width.

5.10.  The electrical connections shall be such that the front position lamp, the rear position lamp and the rear-registration-plate illuminating device cannot be switched on or off otherwise than simultaneously.

5.11.  In the absence of specific instructions, the electrical connection shall be such that the driving lamp, the passing lamp and the fog lamp cannot be switched on unless the lamps referred to in paragraph 5.10. above are likewise switched on. This requirement need not, however, be satisfied in the case of the driving lamp and passing lamp where their luminous warnings consist in switching on the passing lamp intermittently, at short intervals, or in switching on the driving lamp intermittently, or in switching on the passing lamp and driving lamp alternately at short intervals.

5.12. Tell-tale lamps

5.12.1. Every tell-tale lamp shall be readily visible to a driver in the normal driving position.

5.12.2. Where a "circuit-closed" tell-tale is prescribed by this Regulation, it may be replaced by an "operating" tell-tale.

5.13. Colours of the lights

The colours of the lights referred to in this Regulation shall be as follows:

conspicuity lamp:                             white
driving lamp:                                 white or selective yellow
passing lamp:                                 white or selective yellow
direction indicator lamp:                     amber
stop lamp:                                    red