National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part II : Equipment on or in respect of vehicles

161A. Daytime running lamp

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(1) Any motor vehicle, except a trailer, may be fitted with daytime running lamps.

 

(2)Daytime running lamps shall be fitted—
(a) not less than 250 millimetres or more than one comma five metres above the ground level; and
(b) towards the front of the motor vehicle in such a manner that the light emitted from such lamp does not cause discomfort to the driver, either directly or indirectly through any of the rear-view mirrors or any other reflecting surfaces of such vehicle.

 

(3)Daytime running lamps shall be connected in such a manner—
(a) that the rear lamps are on or not on at the same time as the daytime running lamps; and

[Regulation 161A(3)(a) substituted by regulation 46 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]

(b) that they switch off automatically when the head lamps are switched on, except when the headlamps are used to give intermittent luminous warnings at short intervals.