(a) Nominal size; (b) Construction type, (e.g. radial ply); (c) Load capacity; and Speed capability. Doors & Windows All doors must be fitted with reflectors/reflective strips or lights, which are clearly visible from the rear of the hackney carriage when the door is open. Any back doors which are used for entering or exiting the hackney carriage must display a notice on the inside of the hackney carriage advising passengers how to open the doors. All vehicles must comply with the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 in relation to tinted windows, which requires the following:- Motor vehicles first used before 1 April 1985: The windscreen and front side windows must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them. Motor vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985: The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%. The front side windows must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them. There shall be no restrictions regarding levels of tint of the rear passenger windows and rear windscreen of vehicle. If passengers are accommodated in a separate compartment to the driver then the material used to create the separation must be transparent. This requirement will not apply when a vehicle is only/solely to be used for the following purposes:- Executive Travel (i.e. persons of standing in the community, celebrities, business travel) Sight-seeing and Tours Private Ambulances Courtesy Transport (i.e. where no direct payment is made for the vehicle) Travel associate with Weddings and Funerals Specialist Transport (i.e. Fire Engine, vintage, motorbikes with side cars)
(a) Nominal size; (b) Construction type, (e.g. radial ply); (c) Load capacity; and Speed capability. Doors & Windows All doors must be fitted with reflectors/reflective strips or lights, which are clearly visible from the rear of the hackney carriage when the door is open. Any back doors which are used for entering or exiting the hackney carriage must display a notice on the inside of the hackney carriage advising passengers how to open the doors. All vehicles must comply with the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 in relation to tinted windows, which requires the following:- Motor vehicles first used before 1 April 1985: The windscreen and front side windows must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them. Motor vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985: The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%. The front side windows must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them. There shall be no restrictions regarding levels of tint of the rear passenger windows and rear windscreen of vehicle. If passengers are accommodated in a separate compartment to the driver then the material used to create the separation must be transparent. This requirement will not apply when a vehicle is only/solely to be used for the following purposes:- Executive Travel (i.e. persons of standing in the community, celebrities, business travel) Sight-seeing and Tours Private Ambulances Courtesy Transport (i.e. where no direct payment is made for the vehicle) Travel associate with Weddings and Funerals Specialist Transport (i.e. Fire Engine, vintage, motorbikes with side cars)
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