Road Traffic (Driving Mirrors - Additional Requirements For Heavy Goods Vehicles) Regulations, 2011

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 457/2011

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th September, 2011.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of the Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )) and section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006), and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2007/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 20071 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Driving Mirrors — Additional Requirements for Heavy Goods Vehicles) Regulations 2011.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st October 2012.

2. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Regulation 3, every vehicle of categories N2 and N3 shall be equipped, on the passenger side, with wide angle and close proximity mirrors which fulfil the requirements under Directive 2003/97/EC for Class IV and Class V mirrors respectively.

(2) Compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) is deemed to be achieved where the vehicle is equipped, on the passenger side, with wide angle and close proximity mirrors whose combination of fields of vision covers not less than 95 per cent of the field of vision at ground level of a Class IV mirror and not less than 85 per cent of the field of vision at ground level of a Class V mirror as specified by Directive 2003/97/EC.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) and Regulation 3, every vehicle of category N2, having a design gross vehicle weight exceeding 7500kg, and of category N3 shall be equipped with a front mirror or front mirrors which fulfil the requirements of Directive 2003/97/EC for Class VI mirrors.

(4) Compliance with the requirements of paragraph (3) is deemed to be achieved where the vehicle is equipped with front mirror or front mirrors whose fields of vision covers not less than 95 per cent of the field of vision at ground level of a Class VI mirror as specified by Directive 2003/97/EC.

3. Vehicles which cannot comply with Regulation 2 may instead be equipped with—

(a) supplementary mirrors,

(b) other devices of indirect vision, or

(c) both supplementary mirrors and other devices of indirect vision,

provided that the fields of vision so afforded...