(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. |