Reversing lights
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What is a reversing light?
Definition
An essential component on your vehicle is the reverse light. These special rear lights are an indispensable aid for your vehicle. They alert other road users that you are reversing or about to reverse. This ensures a clearer and more organised situation for all road users. Rear lights can be recognised by the white light colour they emit. What many people do not realise is that rear lights, just like dimming lights, sidelights and high beams, are also permitted to emit a yellow light colour.
Is reversing light mandatory?
It is currently compulsory to have at least one reverse light if your vehicle was manufactured after 31 December 1997. Multiple reversing lights are also permitted. The rules are slightly different for trucks and trailers. If your truck or trailer is longer than six metres, you are required to have two reversing lights. Trailers weighing up to 750 kg are not required to have reverse lights. If you do have them but they are not working properly, you cannot be fined by the police. These rules apply not only in the Netherlands, but throughout Europe.
Multivoltage
TRALERT® reversing lights are available in multi-voltage versions ranging from 12 to 32 volts. This ensures the lighting is suitable for every vehicle and every situation. So there is always a reverse light available that suits your vehicle.
TRALERT® reversing lights
TRALERT® offers a wide variety of reverse lights in different types and sizes. Naturally, all lights in our range carry E-marking and CE marking. As not all vehicles are fitted with reverse lights as standard, we also stock individual reverse lights in our range. In addition, complete rear light assemblies are also available in the TRALERT® range. These are rear light assemblies that incorporate all the necessary lighting functions. The advantage of this is that you only need to fit a single light rather than a variety of different ones.
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