Thread: Pulled over by Police Woman - obstructed Rear View Mirror

Will have to check but my understanding is it is only the front driver and passenger window that has to conform and the windscreen clear. That was told to me by a police officer. The rear can be any tint or ev
en painted over.

I did a bit of research and it seem

In a defender you only need two mirrors out of three

So you can remove the internal rear view mirror but with both passenger side and driver side mirror functioning.


So I replace the rear view with a ram mount ...


Cheers
Martin

Rear view mirror needed

Originally Posted by martnH

I did a bit of research and it seem

In a defender you only need two mirrors out of three

So you can remove the internal rear view mirror but with both passenger side and driver side mirror functioning.


So I replace the rear view with a ram mount ...


Cheers
Martin

Up to when the 2006 ADR's I believe you are correct. The 2006 ADR's wording is SHALL have an internal mirror whereas earler it said LH external OR internal. RH external is manatory going back for decades.

On the drive into one of my contractors.....counted 16 cars with there rear view restricted.

1 had sun shades for the baby, 3 off the them pretty much covering the whole window

Another had three blokes sitting in the back seat

Most were tradies with ally boxes

One grey nomad

And one family which looked like they were on holidays.

I do have an rear camera that is on with ignition on. This replace the internal rear view. Will the cops consider this?...i guess not....Not in the ADRs...

Anyway there seems no mention of the size of the rear view mirror

So one of these bicycle ones will do? I have a couple

The rear camera one is interesting - all of our work service vehicles have canopies on the back and have had rear view cameras where the internal mirror was to allow vision out the back - it's on the whole time the vehicle is, but yes, according to the ADR's, a mirror is required, so technically these may not be legal either, but you'd be pretty hard done by to be booked for that IMO.

2006 ADR says that an interior rear view mirror is compulsory if the exteriror mirrors are small(Class II) but is optional of the exterior rear view mirrors are large(Class III).

rear view mirrors ADR.

Drill down to the large table in section 15. drill down further to see the definitions of the class of each mirror type required.
cameras are allowed as long as they conform to the specs outlined.