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crashbarrier · Nov 29th, 2021, 09:10

Sorry, but I have to disagree with that, TonyH.
The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 quite clearly state that the 'reversing lamps' are:-

A lamp used to illuminate the road to the rear of a vehicle for the purpose of reversing and to warn other road users that the vehicle is reversing or about to reverse.

So the bulbs, or lamps, have two purposes but I think most owners of V90s would agree that the lamps as fitted don't do a very good job of the illumination bit. Strangely enough, my current BMW and VW(and all the other cars we have possessed) had no problems with being bright enough to be of use without having to resort to 60s/70s style bolt-on bumper lamps.

Nov 29th, 2021, 09:10	#22
crashbarrier Member Last Online: Apr 11th, 2024 09:43 Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Horsham, West Sussex	Sorry, but I have to disagree with that, TonyH. The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 quite clearly state that the 'reversing lamps' are:- A lamp used to illuminate the road to the rear of a vehicle for the purpose of reversing and to warn other road users that the vehicle is reversing or about to reverse. So the bulbs, or lamps, have two purposes but I think most owners of V90s would agree that the lamps as fitted don't do a very good job of the illumination bit. Strangely enough, my current BMW and VW(and all the other cars we have possessed) had no problems with being bright enough to be of use without having to resort to 60s/70s style bolt-on bumper lamps. __________________ V90 CC Pro D4 MY19 Electric Silver (lots of extras courtesy of Volvo UK) Last edited by crashbarrier; Nov 29th, 2021 at 11:51.