(09 Jul 2014, 9:23 pm)VolvoMarkII wrote Again, not sure. I suspect it is all open to interpretation.

I think the issue of White light LED on the rear is more prominent, as compared to Orange LED, you only expect to find White light at the front of a vehicle (unless of course it is reversing).

But, it may well be that under that quote, any form of LED is acceptable nowadays as 'illuminating a route indicator'.

I fully agree that no company will be using White rear LED sets with knowledge that they may be illegal.[/B] I suspect all that are fitted, are done with good intention and where they are not, either a mix of cost appreciation (Orange LED sets are cheaper!) or a particularly over cautious operator!

Yes, I agree. I stand by what I said at the start: Hanover, Mobitech (take your pick) would not provide these destination displays if it broke the law, so I can only assume that the lack of detail given in the quote allows for greater leniency.

Likewise, those who have and do use them would have been identified as having broken the law by now, and I'm sure they would have had to replace them.


I'm a huge advocate of white LEDs as they are a lot more prominent (so Tom, I wouldn't have cared which operator it was - I'm not attacking or defending any operators here) and in my opinion, far superior compared to amber. Go North East currently have one vehicle which has a white frontal destination display on long term loan and the fact that the side and rear remains amber makes it looks cheap and somewhat tacky (admittedly most customers won't care about this). I also think it's pointless 'upgrading' one to white if you're not going to bother with the rest, as customers should benefit regardless of which angle of the bus they're standing at.