From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Page from a legal document detailing regulations for vehicle lighting, specifically the positioning and character of front lamps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\1\ img018 | |
| Date | 30th April 1936 guessed | |
| 2 the said vehicle is being used by such person during his stay, provided that such vehicle complies in every respect with the requirements of paragraphs IV, V, VI and VII of Article 3 of the International Convention Relative to Motor Traffic(a) concluded at Paris on the 24th April, 1926. Interpretation. 5. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63. Part II.—Lighting. Position of front lamps. 6. Every lamp showing to the front a white light required to be carried on any vehicle under the Act and these Regulations (such lamps being hereinafter in these Regulations referred to as "obligatory front lamps") shall— (a) except in the case of a public service vehicle, on and after the 4th October, 1936, be fixed so that the centre of the lamp is at a height not exceeding 5 feet from the ground; (b) except in the case of a tower wagon or of a bicycle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise), be so fixed that no part of the vehicle or its equipment (exclusive of the driving mirror and of any direction indicator when in operation) extends laterally on the same side as the lamp more than 12 inches beyond the centre of the lamp; and (c) in the case of vehicles drawn by horses or other animals, be so fixed that the centre of the lamp is not in the case of such a vehicle having only one axle in rear of that axle, and in the case of such a vehicle (other than a brougham) having more than one axle more than 1 foot 6 inches behind the front axle when in its central position. 7. Where two obligatory front lamps are carried on any vehicle they shall be fixed on opposite sides of the vehicle and, except in the case of a bicycle having a sidecar attached thereto, be as nearly as possible of the same power and fixed at the same height from the ground. 8. Where only one obligatory front lamp is carried on any vehicle that lamp shall (except in the case of a bicycle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) be fixed on the off-side of the vehicle. Character of front lamps. 9.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (3) hereof and except in the case of a pedal cycle the provisions of this Regulation shall apply— (a) on and after 2nd October, 1938, to every lamp the light of which is derived from an acetylene burner; (a) Treaty Series No. 11 (1930). | ||