Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005

Made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

Compilation: 1 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Lighting Standards Amendment Instrument 2022 (No.1))

Compilation Date: 20 January 2023

Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts CONTENTS

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD

1. SCOPE

2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION

3. DEFINITIONS

4. REQUIREMENTS

5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES

6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS

8. NOTES

COMPILATION NOTES

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD 0.1.1 This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005. 0.1.2 This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 1/00 — Reversing Lamps. 1. SCOPE This vehicle standard prescribes the photometric requirements for reversing lamps which will warn pedestrians and other road users that the vehicle is about to move or is moving in the reverse direction, and which during the hours of darkness will aid the driver in reversing manoeuvres. 2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION 2.1. The circumstances under which reversing lamps are mandatory, optional, or prohibited are set out in either ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/….

3. DEFINITIONS 3.1. Refer to paragraph 1 of Appendix A.

4. REQUIREMENTS 4.1. Reversing lamps fitted to vehicles in accordance with ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/… and required to comply with ADR 1/00 must comply with either: a) The technical requirements of Appendix A as varied by part 5. Exemptions and Alternative Procedures and part 6. Supplementary General Requirements; or b) One of the alternative standards listed in part 7. Alternative Standards.