Singapore legislation
Regulation 32
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 32
Reversing lights
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of this rule, “reversing light” means a device fitted to a motor vehicle for the purpose of intimating the intention of the driver of the vehicle to travel backwards.
Subregulation 2
Every reversing light fitted on a motor vehicle shall be operated —
automatically when the reverse gear of the vehicle is engaged; or (b)by a switch which also operates simultaneously a warning readily visible or audible to the driver when in his seat, if and so long as the reversing light is in operation.
Subregulation 3
The total rated wattage of every reversing light shall be not more than 24 watts.
Subregulation 4
Every reversing light shall be so designed and fitted to a vehicle that the light emitted therefrom, when it is in operation, does not dazzle any person standing on the same horizontal plane as the vehicle at a distance of more than 7.5 metres from the reversing light, if his eye level is more than 1 metre above that horizontal plane.
Subregulation 5
Every public service vehicle (other than a trishaw) and goods vehicle registered on or after 1 July 1980 but before 1 February 2018 must be fitted with a pair of reversing lights.
Subregulation 6
A public service vehicle (other than a trishaw), or a goods vehicle, that is registered on or after 1 February 2018 must be fitted —
if its overall length does not exceed 6 metres, with one reversing light or a pair of reversing lights; or
in any other case, with a pair of reversing lights.