Information
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Method
of Inspection
|
Reason
for rejection
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Obligatory
mirrors
|
| Obligatory
mirrors area. an exterior mirror fitted to the offside (right-hand
side when seated in the driver's seat), orb. an exterior mirror
fitted to the nearside (left-hand side when seated in the driver's
seat), orc. an interior mirror |
1.
Check the obligatory mirrors for presence, security, condition
and useability |
1.
An obligatory mirror: |
| |
a.
missing or insecure |
| |
b.
so damaged or deteriorated that the view to the rear is seriously impaired |
| |
c.
does not provide a view to the rear of the vehicle |
| |
d.
not clearly visible from the driver's seat, or incapable of
being adjusted to be clearly visible from the drivers seat |
| Passenger
vehicles with no more than 7 passenger seats first used before
1 August 1978 must have any one of the above options |
| Minibuses
first used on or after 1 August 1983 must have an exterior mirror
fitted on both the offside and nearside ('a' and 'b')
|
| Passenger
vehicles with more than 7 passenger seats of any age, and all
passenger vehicles first used on or after 1 August 1978 (not
being a minibus as above), must have two mirrors, one of which
must be option 'a'. |
| All
goods vehicles must have two mirrors one of which must be option
'a'. |
Minibus
|
| A
vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 but not
more than 16 seated passengers. |
Additional
mirrors
|
| Any
mirrors additional to the obligatory mirrors are not subject
to this inspection. |
