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National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part II : Equipment on or in respect of vehicles

181. 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]