Don Madge Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Following a thread on the Big Pitch Guide it appears that some motorhomes over 3500kg could be effected by the directive. The basic legislation, 2007/38/EC, requires all vehicles over 3,500kg GVW to be fitted with compliant wide-angle blind-spot mirrors or cameras: see http://tinyurl.com/ckqman http://www.roadtransport.com/StaticPages/blindspot.htm Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euroserv Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hi Don, we are in the process of fitting our 7.5 ton vehicles with these mirrors and during the research part of the job I was looking at the smaller vehicles because we run 6.5 ton Iveco Daily vans and chassis cabs. There is a minimum cab height applicable to the legislation that means that no 3.5T or 6.5T chassis cabs require the new mirrors. This is alarming because I think that blind spot mirrors are a very good idea, however it seems you will not have to worry about it. The legislation also only applies to vehicles registered since January 2001. So, to summarise; no campers except those built on truck chassis and registered after Jan 2001 have to take any action at all. A bit of good news for a change? It would seem so. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred grant Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 ello euroserv me ansum. denzil said today that private light goods or private heavy goods motorcaravans don need the extra mirrors, only vehicles used as commercials need um. and e should know my biddies, as e mots them. flatulentfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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