Stop lights,
Silencera.
Emission
of smoke. sparks, cindera, etc.
Overhang.
Wings.
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25. (1) Every stop light on a motor vehicle shall be fitted at the rear of the vehicle and not to the left of the centre thereof and when in operation shall show a red light.
(2) Every light shown by a stop light shall be diffused by means of frosted glass or other adequate means and shall be a steady light:
Provided that-
(c) nothing in this regulation shall be taken to require that
a stop light shall be fitted to any motor vehicle; (b) nothing in this regulation shall prevent the fitting of a duplicate stop light on the left or near side of the vehicle which comes into operation at the same time as the stop light fitted at the centre or on the right or off side of the vehicle.
26. Every vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine shall be fitted with a silencer, expansion chamber or other con- trivance suitable and sufficient for reducing as far as may be reasonable the noise caused by the escape of the exhaust gases from the engine.
27. (1) Every motor vehicle shall be so constructed that- (a) no avoidable smoke or visible vapour is emitted there-
from;
(b) so far as is practicable the products of combustion, ashes, steam, cinders, petrol, water or oil are not discharged on the road.
(2) Every motor vehicle using solid fuel shall be fitted with an efficient appliance for the purpose of preventing the emission of sparks or grit.
28. The overhang of a motor vehicle shall not exceed fifty per cent of the distance between the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle which passes through the centre or centres of the front wheel or wheels and foremost vertical plane from which the overhang is to be measured.
29. Every motor vehicle or trailer when the trailer is being drawn on a road shall be provided with wings or other similar fittings to catch, so far as is practicable, mud or water thrown up by the rotation of the wheels, unless adequate protection is afforded by the body of the vehicle.
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30. Every goods vehicle and every trailer on any road during Reflectors. the hours of darkness shall be fitted with two red reflectors of not less than one and a half inches in diameter fixed to the rear of the vehicle in a vertical position and facing squarely to the rear, one to be placed as far as possible to the right or off side of the vehicle and one as far as possible to the left or near side of the vehicle, and so placed as to reflect the light from the front lamps of overtaking vehicles.
Section Trailers.
31. The overall length of a trailer, excluding any drawbar Overall shall not exceed fisteen feet:
length.
Provided that-
(a) the Commissioner by permit in writing subject to such terms and conditions and for such period as appears to him fit, may authorize the use of a trailer the overall length of which exceeds fifteen feet;
(b) this regulation shall not apply to any broken down vehicle which is being drawn by a motor vehicle in consequence of mechanical defects.
32. (1) Save as hereinafter provided in paragraph (2) hereof, Brakes, every trailer exceeding two evt. in weight unladen shall have an efficient braking system the brakes of which are capable of being applied when it is being drawn-
(a) to at least two wheels in the case of a trailer having not
more than four wheels;
(b) to at least four wheels in the case of a trailer having
more than four wheels,
and in any case to at least half the number of the wheels of the trailer, and so constructed that-
(i) the brakes can be applied either by the driver of the drawing vehicle or by some other person on such vehicle or the trailer:
Provided that this sub-paragraph shall not apply in the case of a trailer not exceeding one ton in weight unladen or in the case of a trailer not constructed or adapted to carry any load, other than plant or other special appliance or apparatus which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture and not exceeding two tons
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