Nearly squashed by a truck last night and was saved by the fact i saw the row of green lights they sometimes have approaching and moved to the hard shoulder.

Are the green lights a legal requirement here?

Nearly squashed by a truck last night and was saved by the fact i saw the row of green lights they sometimes have approaching and moved to the hard shoulder.

Are the green lights a legal requirement here?

Usually just for decoration, however another reason for them is to identify a Truck - or rather a Trucking Company / Owner - as having paid his regular "contribution" to the local Police so they will not be harassed.

During the day various Stickers on the Truck, or Pennants / coloured cloths on radio antenna etc. are the usual signal, but at night they are not so easily visible.

Patrick

They will often have a zillion of those lights on and all in perfect working condition... except for the brake lights of course.

Chrismas trees on wheels.

They will often have a zillion of those lights on and all in perfect working condition...

I'm all for it.Gives me time to take an appropriate avoidance strategy.i.e two wheels on the grass verge and two on the hard shoulder.

My guess is that trucks have green lights and coaches have blue lights.

Whether it is a legal requirement or not is anyones guess.

I would say that on an average forty kilometre journey i would be forced out of lane two or three times.Is it just me or is that about average?