I would say so. As long as you have working lights and a valid number plate it will be fine.
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Hi, If on caravan, (may be for emergency only???) would need to be secure, and think you would need reverse lights and fog light on the board.If you explain your problem on here,you will find help to rectify it, give name and model and year of your van,in the meantime most fault with lights is bad earth,broken/or dirty connections, ask here that is what this site is all about,and there is no such thing as a silly question,we all started the same way.
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There is no requirement for reversing lights and most trailer boards have a fog light. But as Jim says, the width would be an issue. There isn't much involved in the lights. The most common fault is with the earth wire. If you don't have a good earth back to the car then the power starts feeding back through other bulbs giving all manner of strange lights.
As a temporary measure, part way through a journey, such a device may be acceptable. However, the law requires that all lights on the caravan must be in proper working order and correctly fitted to your car's electrics. It is the legal responsibility of the driver to ensure compliance with the law before he starts his journey. Accordingly you should have the system checked over and put right.
Failure to have compliant lights can lead to penalty points. A lighting board, instead of the proper lights, just draws the attention of the Traffic Police to your caravan.
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I'm not sure that some of the advice given is based on certain knowledge. A caravan is a trailer as far as the law is concerned. Therefore the law regarding trailer lights apply. A lighting board is perfectly legal as long as, as the trailer is wider than 1.3 metres, a fog light is fitted.
Just asked my BIL he fits tow bars and sells trailers ect and it is perfectly legal as a caravan falls into the trailer catogory, providing you have a fog light fitted if the vehicle as OP said is wider than 1.3 metres.
No, that's not the case, there are regulations about how close the lights must be to the edge of the vehicle. Up until quite recently, I used to tow all kinds of trailers for a living, and I have three lighting boards, all of different widths. I wouldn't have gone to that expense if I didn't have to.
There is more in the lighting regulations than just type and number of lights.
If you could comply with the light postioning requirements, it would probably be legal, but not with the sort of lighting board you can get at Halfords.
Also, as Phil says, it's one more thing to attract the attention of the Police.
No I agree but you can now buy specialist lighting boards, for people who make tear drop and DIY caravans.
Which is what my BIL specialises in, not Halfords.
Regardless of whether it is legal, it will attract the attention of the police and VOSA. This may lead to something else being discovered American will certainly prove annoying if you are repeatedly stopped and taken to a weighbridge.
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Yes, you can get lighting boards in other widths these days, but they aren't regarded as a permanent solution. The height of the lights is easy to alter, but the width can be another matter.
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