Do you leave the lights on when travelling in the dark??

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I am going to be taking my boys out to clear round in the evenings this winter and i just wondered if you are meant to leave the interior light on in the lorry when travelling in the dark?
What do other people do?
 
Yup, always.
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Yes always do , it helps prevent 'light disturbance' from outside and reduces the risk of the horses becoming disorientated.
 
Yeah in the horse box we use the light stays on when the car lights are on, no way of switching them off. Mae seems to like it on anyway, she can see her haynet better lol.
 
I think your supposed (as in highway code) to in a trailer as it illuminates the size/content of the vehicle to other drivers & will encourage them to give you more distance etc.
 
I have a few interior lights in my trailer and yes I always have them on whilst travelling in the dark. They are linked up to the lights on my truck and I generally keep them on automatic so they come on with the truck lights.
 
you aren't supposed to travel a vehicle along the road with interior lights on.

you could actually get pulled over and fined.

coaches/buses are exempt as they have "subtle lighting"
 
It'd depend on the circumstances. Travelling horses in their partitions, they probably wouldn't need a light. If, however, I had loose mares and foals in the lorry, I'd leave the lights on.
JM07, would you not be able to get away with it if you had "subtle" bulbs inside the lorry?
 
Somebody told me the opposite, that if your trailer/box had lights in the horse part, it was law that they were on????
 
I never have the lights on in the horse bit of the lorry in the dark. I know someone that got pulled over for driving with the interior lights on in their trailer because it meant they were showing white lights to the rear and it could also dazzle people driving behind you.
 
The first time I travelled my horse at night was a few weeks ago. I thought she might be upset by the glare through the little windows of headlights as we travelled along the motorway, so I left the light on in the back for her - or so I thought
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When we got back to the yard, I discovered that they switched off automatically when I put the ramp up (I've since had that modified), so she had travelled in the dark all along
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She had snorted a bit during the journey, but nothing more. Since she got so used to it during that journey, I haven't bothered since.

Surely the law regarding lights inside a moving verhicle applies to the cab? The horse section of a horsebox having a subtle light wouldn't cause any disturbance!
 
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