Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
(1) A rear vision mirror or mirrors must be fitted to a motor vehicle as required by this regulation so that a driver of the vehicle can clearly see by reflection the road behind the vehicle and any following or overtaking vehicle.
(2) At least one rear vision mirror must be fitted to –
(a) a car; and
(b) a motor trike with 2 front wheels; and
(c) a motor bike, or motor trike with one front wheel, built before July 1975.
(3) At least one rear vision mirror must be fitted to each side of –
(a) a motor vehicle with a GVM over 3.5 tonnes; and
(b) a motor bike, or motor trike with one front wheel, built after June 1975; and
(c) a motor vehicle having any side or rear glazing of a luminous transmittance of less than 70%; and
(d) a bus.
(4) A motor vehicle with a GVM not over 3.5 tonnes, except a motor vehicle mentioned in subregulation (2) or (3), must be fitted with –
(a) at least one rear vision mirror on the right side of the vehicle; and
(b) at least one rear vision mirror on the left side of the vehicle or inside the vehicle.
(5) A rear vision mirror fitted to a motor vehicle with a GVM over 3.5 tonnes must not project beyond 150 millimetres of the widest part, excluding lights, signalling devices and reflectors, of the vehicle or combination.
(6) However, the rear vision mirror may project up to 230 millimetres beyond the widest part of the vehicle or combination if it can fold to project no more than 150 millimetres beyond the widest part.
(7) A bus must be fitted with an interior mirror so that a driver of the bus, in the normal driving position, can clearly see by reflection the whole interior of the bus behind that driving position.