Topic: Vehicle controls and equipment · Nº 51 / 270

Si el retrovisor interior de un turismo no permite ver suficientemente la vía por detrás, ¿qué espejos retrovisores debe llevar obligatoriamente?

If a car's interior rear-view mirror does not give a sufficient view of the road behind, which rear-view mirrors must it have?

  • AEl retrovisor interior y el retrovisor exterior derecho.The interior mirror and the right-hand exterior mirror.
  • BLos retrovisores exteriores izquierdo y derecho.The left-hand and right-hand exterior mirrors.
  • CSólo el retrovisor interior y el retrovisor exterior izquierdo.Only the interior mirror and the left-hand exterior mirror.
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Correct answer

  • BLos retrovisores exteriores izquierdo y derecho.The left-hand and right-hand exterior mirrors.
Explanation

Under Annex III of the General Vehicle Regulations, a car must have the interior mirror and the left-hand exterior mirror. If the interior mirror does not give a view of the road behind, for example because of the load, it becomes optional and a second exterior mirror on the right-hand side is compulsory.

The rule · Real Decreto 2822/1998, de 23 de diciembre, Reglamento General de Vehículos (RGV) · anexo III, apartado 2, nota (1)éste será opcional y deberá colocarse un segundo retrovisor exterior en el lado derechoRead the full rule

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