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Thanks Fraz.  That's good news. 

George

And thanks for the wecome!

A guy who I know has a rear view camera mounted on the back of his van, and had the moniter on when he was driving on the M6. He was pulled over by motorway police and issued with a fixed penalty fine which he refused, and elected to go to trial. He went to a pre trial hearing and a date was fixed for the trial. In the mean time he sent a email to the ministry of transport explaining the details of the case and they said that so long as the monitor was not in the sweep of the wind sreen wipers it was OK. On the date of the trial he attended, but the policeman who isued the fine did not, the ecscuse was he was on holiday so the case was chucked out, and he never got his ruling on it, and thats what he was after.

The rule is whether the screen is a distraction to the driver. As Sat Nav screens and TV`s covered in the RTA 1988,

The point could be argued that this is an aid to safer driving as the close circuit Tv gives a better view of traffic at the rear from the mirrors fitted to the vehicle.

LGV`s are covered by legislation regarding camera`s due to the high accident rate in the work place.

If there is any resoneable doubt the case would be thrown out

I shall have the monitor switched on and would argue the point. SAFETY NOT DISTRACTION,

Pete

Thanks for the replies,  I spoke to Warwickshire Police yesterday and they said that they would check their databases and ring back.  A few hours later a PC called back and said that most of the existing legislation, which talks about cathode ray tubes, would not be enforcable but until there is a test case the situation remains confused.  He agreed that the camera could provide safer driving.  The system stays at the top of my wish list, and I'll probably risk it.  I was about to buy at the show but now I'll have a trawl arount the net.

Coventry Kid

The thing is the legislation was brought in initially to stop drivers watching tv as they drove a long .

I doubt whether the CPS would run it anyway especially if you replied after caution and you would be cautioned or should be "The reversing camera is a safety device.i installed it to eliminate blind spots."

Funny thing the law its never Black or white or even colour.