Reflective vinyl . whats legal on a vehicle and whats not.

[Ian Muir]

Yes it’s Ok (legal), don’t put red on front or white on back though.

you might care to read this which has comments on this subject.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications … 7916/24499

Ian :lol1:

[Peter Normington]

its been well debated, but reflective is not restricted to emergency vehicles, in fact all HGV’s have reflective chevrons fitted.
as do may service vehicles (gas electric etc) and also such things as escort vehicles.

Peter

[Rod Gray]

An amendment was made to chapter 8 of the vehicle lighting regulations early last year.

The main changes were that yellow reflective is no longer allowed on the rear of vehicles working on roadways. It has to be non-refelctive yellow or white. Also the minimum width of chevrons has increased from 100mm to 150mm.

O5.2 CONSPICUITY

O5.2.1
Any vehicle stopping on the highway for works purposes or inspections should be of a conspicuous colour (e.g. yellow or white). A non-reflective yellow colour, No. 355 (lemon) to Table 1 of BS 381C: 1996 “Specification for colours for identification, coding and special purposes” is recommended.

O5.2.2
Subject to the specific requirements of the following sections, any works vehicles that are used to protect the workforce or form part of the signing of the works should be of conspicuous colour and appropriate marking. This is particularly important for that part of the vehicle visible to drivers and prescribed as part of any sign mounted on the vehicle.

O5.2.3
In addition, on high-speed roads, all vehicles stopping on the highway for works purposes or inspections shall be equipped with high visibility rear markings. High visibility rear markings should comprise either:
a) signing to diagram 7403, or
b) the alternative light arrow sign in accordance with Section O10.8, or
c) chevron markings comprising alternate strips of fluorescent orange-red retroreflective material and fluorescent yellow non-retroreflective material, of not less than 150mm width each, inclined at 45-60° to the horizontal and pointing upwards, or
d) a solid block of fluorescent orange-red retroreflective material.
The markings described in (c) and (d) above should cover as much of the rear-facing portion of the vehicle as possible without obscuring windows, vehicle lighting or registration plates.

O5.2.4
Red retroreflective tape shall also be applied to all rear facing edges of open doors, guardrails and
equipment lockers.

O5.2.5
Where rear facing high visibility markings may be obscured by any device mounted on the vehicle
(e.g. lorry-mounted crash cushion (LMCC) or cone laying adaptation), at any time that the vehicle is stopped
on a high-speed road, additional markings complying with paragraph

O5.2.3 (c) or (d) shall be applied to any
face of the device which is displayed to the rear and other road users.