Fitting brake lights
59 Fitting brake lights
A brake light must be fitted to the rear of a heavy vehicle built after 1934.
A pair of brake lights must be fitted to the rear of—
a heavy motor vehicle built after 1959 that has 4 or more wheels; and
a heavy trailer built after June 1973.
The centre of a brake light fitted to a heavy vehicle must be—
at least 350mm above ground level; and
not more than—
1.5m above ground level; or
if it is not practicable to fit the light lower, 2.1m above ground level.
A heavy vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more additional brake lights.
The centre of an additional brake light fitted to a heavy vehicle must be at least 350mm above ground level.
If only 1 brake light is fitted to a heavy vehicle, it must be fitted in the centre or to the right of the centre of the rear of the vehicle.
For this section, a light fitted to a heavy vehicle that functions as a brake light and a direction indicator light is taken to be a brake light if the heavy vehicle was built before 1 January 1973. sch 2 s 59 amd 2017 SL No. 113 s 27
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