Fleet operators shall ensure that all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight are fitted with safety equipment to help protect vulnerable road users. This shall include:
- Prominent warning signage to the rear of the vehicle (where practicable) to visually warn other road users not to get too close to the vehicle
- Side-under run protection to all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (where practicable) that are legally exempt from fitment
- Class V and Class VI mirrors fitted to all vehicles where they can be mounted, with no part of the mirror being less than two metres from the ground
- Equipped with an audible means to warn other road users of a vehicle’s left turn manoeuvre and reversing movement.
- Front, side and rear blind spots eliminated or minimised as far as is practical / possible, through a combination of active and operational direct and indirect vision aids and driver audible alerts.