Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The centre of a
side marker light must not be over 150 mm from the nearer side of the
vehicle.
(2) A front side
marker light fitted to a motor vehicle must be towards the front of the side
of the vehicle with no part of the lens visible to the driver.
(3) The centre of a
front side marker light fitted to a trailer must be —
(a)
within 300 mm of the front of the side of the trailer; or
(b) if
the construction of the trailer makes it impracticable to comply with
paragraph (a) — as near as practicable to the front of
the trailer.
(4) The centre of a
rear side marker light fitted to a vehicle must be —
(a)
within 300 mm of the rear of the side of the vehicle; or
(b) if
the construction of the vehicle makes it impracticable to comply with
paragraph (a) — as near as practicable to the rear of the
vehicle.
(5) Side marker lights
fitted to a vehicle must, as far as practicable, be evenly spaced along the
side of the vehicle.
(6) Subrules (2) to
(5) do not apply to side marker lights fitted to a cross-bar or bolster of a
pole-type trailer.
(7) Only the side
marker lights nearest to the rear need be fitted if complying with subrules
(3) and (4) would result in the front and rear side marker lights being under
2.5 m apart.
(8) A side marker
light fitted to a vehicle must be fitted so —
(a) its
centre is not over —
(i)
1.5 m above ground level; or
(ii)
if it is not practicable to fit it
lower — 2.1 m above ground level;
(b) its
centre is at least 600 mm above ground level; and
(c) it
is, as far as practicable, in a row of side marker lights along the side of
the vehicle.
(9)
Subrule (8)(a) does not apply to a side marker light that is not required
to be fitted to the vehicle by rule 88.