NHVR POLICY
Rechargeable Magnetic Marker Light Kit
BE SEEN. BE SAFE. MARKER LIGHTS FOR MAXIMUM VISIBILITY.
Reduce Risk. Boost Road Presence
Reduce Risk. Boost Road Presence
For commercial vehicles, trailers, and delivery vans, they’re not just an add-on. They’re a critical road-safety feature designed to help other drivers instantly understand your vehicle’s size, width, and position.
Marker Light Requirements for Oversize Vehicles (Summary Policy)
Warning lights for wide vehicles used in daytime
A warning light must be attached to the vehicle while it is being used in the daytime, if the oversize vehicle is, together with any load, wider than 3m.
Side and rear markers and warning lights for oversize vehicles used at night
If an oversize vehicle is being used at night side markers must be displayed:
- not more than 2m apart along the total length of each side of the vehicle and any load projecting from the front or rear of the vehicle; and
- at each corner of any load projecting from the front or rear of the vehicle; and
- 2 rear markers must be fitted to the rear of any load projecting from the rear of the vehicle, within 400mm of each side of the load and at least 1m but not more than 2.1m above the ground; and
- a warning light must be attached to the vehicle if it, together with any load, is wider than 2.5m or longer than 22m
Rear markers: Means red lights known as ‘rear markers’.
Side markers: Means lights showing yellow to the front and red to the rear and are known as ‘side markers’.