Headlights to be fitted to vehicles
77 Headlights to be fitted to vehicles
A motor vehicle must be fitted with:
(a) 1 low-beam headlight if it is a moped, motor bike, or motor trike with 1 front wheel; or
(b) a pair of low-beam headlights if it has 4 or more wheels or is a motor trike, except a moped, with 2 front wheels.
(2) If a motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at over 60 kilometres an hour:
(a) each low-beam headlight mentioned in subrule (1) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or
the vehicle must be fitted with:
(i) 1 headlight that can work in the high-beam position if the vehicle is required to have 1 low-beam headlight; or
a pair of headlights that can work in the high-beam position.
(3) A motor bike may be equipped with a headlight modulation system that:
(a) varies the brightness of its high-beam headlight or low‑beam headlight, but not both, at a rate of at least 200 and at most 280 flashes a minute; and
is designed to operate only in the daylight.
(4) Additional headlights may be fitted to a motor bike or motor trike, or a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built before 1970.
(5) Additional pairs of headlights may be fitted to a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built after 1969.
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