Obligatory
mirrors
Obligatory mirrors are
a. an exterior mirror fitted to the offside (right-hand side when
seated in the
drivers seat), or
b, an exterior mirror fitted to the
nearside fleft hand side when seated In the drivers seat), or
c. an interior mirror.
Passenger vehicles with no more than 7 passenger
seats first used before 1 August 1978 must have any one of
the above options.
Passenger vehicles with more than 7 passenger seats
of any age, and all passenger vehicles first used on or after I
August 1978 (not being a minibus as above), must have two
mirrors, one of which must be option 'a'.
All goods vehicles
must have two mirrors, one of which must be option 'a'.
Minibuses first used on or after 1 August 1983
must have an exterior mirror fitted on both the offside and the
nearside ('a' and 'b').
Minibus
A vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 but not more
than 16 seated passengers.
Additional mirrors
Any mirrors additional to the obligatory mirrors are not subject
to this inspection.
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1. Check
the obligatory mirrors for presence, security, condition and usability.
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1. An obligatory mirror:
a. missing or insecure
b. so damaged or deteriorated that the view to the rear is seriously
impaired
c. does not provide a view to the rear of the vehicle
d. not clearly visible from the drivers seat, or incapable of being
adjusted to be clearly visible from the drivers seat.
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