EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES RETROFITTING BLIND SPOT MIRRORS
October 2nd, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LORRIES already on the road in the European Union (EU) will be forced to retrofit blind-spot mirrors or other devices under new legislation proposed by the European Commission. It wants heavy goods vehicles of 3.5 tonnes or more, registered after 2004, retrofitted one year after entry into force of this proposed directive; HGVs registered after 2001, two years afterwards; and lorries registered after 1998, three years afterwards. HGV's registered more than 10 years before the date the directive came into force would be exempt, as would lorries ...
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