Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00148:reg:1:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00148
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 4/34)
Character Range: 143809–146691

to in paragraph 15.2.1.1.3. above, is permissible. The rear-view mirror shall meet the requirements of this Regulation.

              15.2.1.2. The provisions of this Regulation do not apply to the surveillance mirrors defined in paragraph 2.1.1.3. Nevertheless, the exterior surveillance mirrors shall be mounted at least 2 m above the ground when the vehicle is under a load corresponding to its maximum technical permissible mass or shall be fully integrated in a housing including Class II or III mirror(s) which is (are) type approved to this Regulation.

              15.2.2. Position

              15.2.2.1. Devices for indirect vision shall be so placed that the driver, when sitting on the driving seat in a normal driving position, has a clear view of the road to the rear, side(s) or front of the vehicle.

              15.2.2.2. Classes II to VII mirrors shall be visible through the side windows or through the portion of the windscreen that is swept by the windscreen wiper. Nevertheless, for design reasons, this last provision (i.e. the provisions relating the cleaned part of the windscreen) shall not apply to:

                  (a) Classes II to VII mirrors on the passenger side and optional exterior mirrors on the driver side of vehicles of categories M2 and M3;

                  (b) Class VI front-view mirrors.

              15.2.2.3. In the case of any vehicle, which is in chassis/cab form when the field of vision is measured, the minimum and maximum body widths shall be stated by the manufacturer and, if necessary, simulated by dummy headboards. All vehicles and devices for indirect vision configurations taken into consideration during the tests shall be shown on the type-approval certificate for a vehicle with regard to the installation of devices for indirect vision (see Annex 4).

              15.2.2.4. The prescribed Classes II, III, IV and VII mirror or monitor on the driver's side of the vehicle shall be so located that an angle of not more than 55° is formed between the vertical longitudinal median plane of the vehicle and the vertical plane passing through the centre of the mirror or monitor and through the centre of the straight line 65 mm long which joins the driver's two ocular points.

              15.2.2.5. Devices for indirect vision shall not project beyond the external bodywork of the vehicle substantially more than is necessary to comply with the requirements concerning fields of vision laid down in paragraph 15.2.4. below.

              15.2.2.6. Where the lower edge of a Classes II to VII mirror is less than 2 m above the ground when the vehicle is loaded to its technically permissible maximum laden mass, this mirror shall not project more than 250 mm beyond the overall width of the vehicle measured without mirrors.

              15.2.2.7. Class V and Class VI mirrors shall be mounted on vehicles