National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter VI : Fitness of VehiclesPart II : Equipment on or in respect of vehicles181. Colour of lights |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 170(1), 171(1), 172, 175 or 176, no person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle which is fitted with or carries on it a lamp which— |
| (a) | except in the case of a brake anti-lock warning light to the front of a trailer, emits a light which is not white, amber or yellow in colour towards the front; |
| (b) | emits a light which is not yellow or amber in colour towards either side of the motor vehicle; or |
| (c) | except in the case of a direction indicator or reversing lamp complying with the provisions of these regulations, or a rear-ward facing lamp on a trust-tractor directed so as to facilitate the safe connection of a semi-trailer and connected such that it can be operated only when reverse gear is engaged or when the parking brake is applied, emits a light which is not red in colour towards the rear. |
[Regulation 181(1)(c) substituted by regulation 49 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
| (2) | When two or more lamps of the same class emitting light in the same direction are fitted to a vehicle they shall emit light of the same colour. |
Provided that no person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle fitted with any colour of lights other than the colour of lights prescribed in terms of these regulations.
[Proviso to regulation 181 inserted by regulation 13 of Notice No. R. 589 of 2009]