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and up to 12 seats         MD1                                           1 July 1988             Nil
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and more than 12 seats     MD2                                           1 July 1988             Nil
                                   over 3.5 tonnes and up to 4.5 tonnes 'GVM'        MD3                                           1 July 1988             Nil
                                   over 4.5 tonnes and up to 5 tonnes 'GVM'          MD4                                           1 July 1988             Nil
Heavy omnibus                      ME                                             M3                     1 July 1988               Nil
Light goods vehicle                NA                                             N1                     1 July 1988               Nil
Medium goods vehicle               NB                                             N2
                                   over 3.5 tonnes up to 4.5 tonnes 'GVM'            NB1                                           1 July 1988             Nil
                                   over 4.5 tonnes up to 12 tonnes 'GVM'             NB2                                           1 July 1988             Nil
Heavy goods vehicle                NC                                             N3                     1 July 1988               Nil
Very light trailer                 TA                                             O1                     Not Applicable
Light trailer                      TB                                             O2                     Not Applicable
Medium trailer                     TC                                             O3                     Not Applicable
Heavy trailer                      TD                                             O4                     Not Applicable

18.1.                                DEFINITIONS
18.1.1.                          Refer to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.
18.1.2.                          'Visual Indicator' - that part of an instrument or device intended to display information for the driver and includes any specified label
18.1.3.                          'Totally Visible' - means that the sum of the view from each of the 2 eyes includes all the 'Visual Indicators'.

18.2.                                `VISUAL INDICATORS' FOR MA VEHICLES ONLY
18.2.1.                          The display of information presented by the following 'Visual Indicators', if fitted. shall be subject to control under this Rule:

         Group I

         (a) Speedometer

         (b) Direction indicator "tell-tale" lamp or lamps

         (c) High beam indicator

         Group II

         (d) Tachometer

         (e) Odometer

         (f) Service brake failure indicator lamp

         (g) Parking brake indicator lamp

         (h) Stop lamp failure indicator

         (i) Oil temperature indictor

         (j) Pressure indicator

         (k) Water temperature indicator

         (l) Battery charge failure indicator

         (m) Fuel level indicator.

18.2.2.                          In cases where more than one 'Visual Indicator' are provided for any one of the functions covered by (h) to (m) above, and are not located as specified in Clause 18.3.2 a common indicator which could be either visual or an audible signal may be used to draw attention to the need to refer to a group of indicators located elsewhere.
18.2.2.1.                    In such cases the common indicator, if visual, shall be totally located within the area specified in Clause 18.3.2.
18.3.                                LOCATION OF 'VISUAL INDICATORS' FOR MA VEHICLES ONLY
18.3.1.                          All 'Visual Indicators' specified as Group I in Clause 18.2 shall be totally located between 2 vertical planes inclined at 20o left and 20o right of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and passing through the foremost points of the left and right '95th Percentile Eye Ellipses' respectively. Such indicators shall be totally located above a plane inclined downwards at 35o from the horizontal and including a horizontal transverse line through the foremost points of each of the