High Intensity Rear Fog Lights

[Frog]

My trike went for its MOT today and except for Steve Piper persuading them otherwise it would have failed because it has no rear fog light.

Apparently this is a new law and applies to all trikes except 'Q' plates.

I have not heard of this before today and have not seen it advertised anywhere - has anybody got any info on this?

[Roger]

Unles it's changed recently, fog lights are optional on motorcycle tricycles but required on heavy trikes.

[Frog]

Thanks Roger that is what I thought, and I don't think that mine tips the scales into heavy, and it passed the original DVLA inspection to be reclassified as a trike.

Steve uses the more sympathetic type of biker friendly people for his MOT's and the chap was fairly definate that a high intensity rear light was required and additionally that the hazard lights should still work when the ignition is switched off.