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You must inspect all windscreens, including windscreens that open.

How to inspect:

1. Sit in the driver鈥檚 seat.

2. Check the driver鈥檚 field of vision through the windscreen.

3. Check the driver鈥檚 field of vision through the front side windows.

You should only fail the windscreen if the view is significantly affected. If only the driver鈥檚 view of the sky or the bonnet is affected, it should not be rejected.

You do not need to consider how the field of vision would be affected by tall or short drivers

The following are only considered a defect if they seriously restrict the driver鈥檚 view:

• taxi signs to indicate when the vehicle is 鈥榝or hire鈥�
• 鈥榦fficial鈥� stickers, such as parking and disabled permits
• sun visor on the driver鈥檚 side that cannot be stowed in the 鈥榦ff screen鈥� position
• windscreen wipers that automatically stop in a position obscuring the view

You can remove items such as a sat nav or air fresheners that obstruct the driver鈥檚 view of the road. However, make sure you tell the driver.

You must inspect bonnet catches on vehicles with a bonnet, which would obscure the driver鈥檚 view of the road if opened. The inspection is only for primary catches - those that hold the bonnet fully closed. Secondary safety catches are not part of the inspection.

You must accept manufacturer鈥檚 original design characteristics, such as:

• opaque edging
• split windscreens
• modifications to security type vehicles, for example additional windscreen protection and strengthening supports

Additional interior mirrors and externally mounted items such as mascots and spare wheels are not part of the test.

You must check the condition of:

• the windscreen
• windows on either side of the driver鈥檚 seat

To inspect the condition of glass:

1. Sit in the driver鈥檚 seat.

2. Check the view of the road.

3. Check the view of mandatory external mirrors.

Check for:

• damage in windscreen zone A more than 10mm in diameter
• damage in the remainder of the windscreen鈥檚 swept area more than 40mm in diameter
• damage to windows on either side of the driver鈥檚 seat
• excessive tinting or discolouration of the windscreen or windows on either side of the driver鈥檚 seat

Failure for damage is only justified if the damage significantly affects the driver鈥檚 view of the road. You do not need to consider the effects on tall or short drivers.

Failure for tinting or discolouration is only justified if the driver鈥檚 view is significantly affected.

Zone A is:

• in the swept area of the windscreen
• 290mm wide
• centred on the steering wheel

Repaired windscreens must be judged solely on whether the repair interferes with vision. An 鈥榠nvisible鈥� or barely detectable repair, finished flush with the surrounding glass, does not count as damage.

Class 5 glazing

Vehicles first used from 1 June 1978 must have:

• windscreens and windows on either side of the driver鈥檚 seat made from safety glass
• all other windows made from safety glass or safety glazing

Safety glass can be identified by one of the following markings:

• BS 857
• BS 5282 鈥� but not acceptable on vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985
• TP GS or TP GSE 鈥� but not acceptable on vehicles first used on or after 1 October 1986
• BS AU 178
• an 鈥楨鈥� mark (including the number 43R)
• an 鈥榚鈥� mark followed by a number, such as e11, inside a square

Safety glazing means material other than glass constructed or treated not fly into fragments that would cause severe cuts if it鈥檚 fractured. There is no marking requirement for safety glazing.

You must check that all mandatory rear-view mirrors or indirect vision devices provide an adequate view to the rear from the driver鈥檚 seat.

You do not need to adjust mirrors or devices for this check.

Indirect vision cameras may replace mirrors on some vehicles. If such devices are fitted, you must inspect the camera(s) and the screen.

Rear view mirrors and indirect vision devices can be any of the following positions:

Obligatory mirror or device fitment positions

You do not need to inspect windscreen wipers on vehicles with:

• an opening windscreen
• some other means of giving the driver an adequate view through the windscreen to the front, left and right

You only need to reject a windscreen wiper if it鈥檚 clearly damaged or worn.

Windscreen wipers must continue to operate automatically when switched on.

You do not need to inspect windscreen washers on vehicles with:

• an opening windscreen
• some other means of providing the driver with an adequate view through the windscreen to the front, left and right

Washers must provide enough fluid for the wipers to clear the windscreen effectively.