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Nightjar wrote:
According to Hansard, two red rear reflectors were made compulsory for
all vehicles with more than two wheels and one on two wheel vehicles
from 1 October 1954. For pedal cycles, this replaced a requirement to
have a white portion on the rear mudguard. Two red rear lights for
vehicles with more than two wheels were made compulsory from 1 January
1954 for new vehicles and 1 October 1957 for those already on the road.

Interesting. Not got any accurate dates, but my father changed jobs in
1954, and therefore company cars. In the old job, he had a 40s Morris
Minor which he had the second tail light fitted to. With the new job came
a brand new Morris Minor - the very first OHV one in Scotland, the actual
one on show at the Scottish motor show. That had twin working lights as
standard.

I'm surprised the retro regs for two lights was as late as '57, though.
Perhaps my father was ahead of the times. ;-)


It was probably this that marked the end of the single parking light,
rather than the 1964 Act that I suggested earlier. The Road Transport
Lighting (Rear Lights) Act 1954 also first made it legal to use white
reversing lights.

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