Vehicle lamps must comply with the provisions of regulations 157 to 185. A single lens bar mounted to the front of the vehicle is not legal.
Spot lamps are not legal. A spot lamp is a lamp that can be adjusted. The additional set of lamps on the front of many vehicles are not spot lamps, they are an additional set of head lamps. That is legal as long as the head lamps comply with the SANS specifications.
Reg 159. Head lamps
(1) No person shall operate on a public road—
(a) a motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, a motor tricycle with one wheel in front or trailer, unless it is equipped in front on each side of its longitudinal centre‑line with—
(i) one head lamp capable of emitting a main‑beam and a dipped‑beam;
(ii) one head lamp capable of emitting a main‑beam and one head lamp capable of emitting a dipped‑beam; or
(iii) one head lamp contemplated in subparagraph (i) or head lamps contemplated in subparagraph (ii) and an additional head lamp capable of emitting a main‑beam;
(b) a motor cycle without a side‑car, motor tricycle with one wheel in front, unless it is equipped in front with—
(i) one head lamp capable of emitting a main‑beam and a dipped‑beam;
(ii) one head lamp capable of emitting a main‑beam and one head lamp capable or emitting a dipped‑beam, both of which are fitted in the same vertical plane; or
(iii) two headlamps, each capable of emitting a main‑beam and a dipped‑beam, both of which are fitted in the same horizontal plane; or
(c) a motor cycle with a side‑car, unless—
(i) the motor cycle is equipped in front with one head lamp contemplated in paragraph (b)(i) or head lamps contemplated in paragraph (b)(ii) or (iii); and
(ii) the side‑car is equipped with one parking lamp which complies with the provisions of regulation 164 or with one head lamp contemplated in paragraph (b)(i), subject to the proviso to regulation 161(4)(a).
(2) At least one head lamp contemplated in subregulation (1)(a) capable of emitting a dipped‑beam or a parking lamp complying with the provisions of regulation 164 shall be so fitted on each side of the longitudinal centre‑line of the motor vehicle concerned that the portion of the illuminating surface thereof furthest from the longitudinal centre‑line of the motor vehicle is not more than 400 millimetres from the outer edge of the front of the motor vehicle.
(3) The main-beam and dipped-beam of a head lamp fitted to a motor vehicle first registered on or after 1 January 2002, shall comply with the requirements of standard specification SANS 1046 “Motor vehicle safety: lights and light signalling devices installed on motor vehicles and trailers”, and standard specification SANS 1376 “Lights for motor vehicles”, Part 2: “Head lights”: Provided that the height of the dipped beam and headlamp of a light motor vehicle shall not exceed 1400 millimetres measured from the ground to the centre of the lamp.
Reg 160. Main‑beam
Every head lamp emitting a main‑beam of light shall be so adjusted and maintained that—
(a) it shall be capable of adequately illuminating an area ahead of the motor vehicle concerned enabling the driver to see any person, vehicle or substantial object at a distance of at least 100 metres ahead; and
(b) it can be extinguished by the use of a device which simultaneously shall cause or allow the dipped‑beam of light to be emitted or continue to be emitted from a head lamp.
Reg 177. Use of spot lamp
No person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle if it is fitted with a spot lamp, which can be so adjusted as to enable a beam of light emitted therefrom to be deflected in any direction: Provided that a spot lamp which is adjustable—
(a) may be fitted and used for official purposes on any ambulance, rescue-, fire‑fighting-, police-, or traffic‑control vehicle;
(b) may be fitted to a vehicle owned by a medical practitioner or veterinarian, and used in the execution of such person’s professional duties; or
(c) may be fitted to a breakdown vehicle or a vehicle employed in connection with the supply of electricity or other public essential services: Provided that it is used solely at the scene of an accident or breakdown or for the examination of overhead telephone, telegraph or power lines.
Also view:
Lighting, Head Lamps and Spot Lights on Vehicles and Rules of the Road
Yes. It does not comply with the requirements of the legislation and the lamps are much stronger than allowed in terms of the legislation and affects people driving in the opposite direction.
The vehicle is technically unroadworthy until it is removed. You will see the manufacturers state it on the box – for off-road use only.
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