The following is a post on one of the caravan forums and I'm unable to convince the OP that his interpretation is wrong. The comma following 'cars' denotes a separate group, and thus the legislation only forbids goods vehicles with an ULW greater than 1525 kg to park without lights, rather than a blanket ban on all cars over 1525 kg unladen weight.
To avoid ambiguity there should have been semi colons rather than commas.
Perhaps DVD could comment.
"According to the highway code section 250 if the unladen weight of your vehicle is heavier than 1525 kg when parked on a 30 mph road you need lights in the hours of darkness. See extract from:
www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860
250
Cars, goods vehicles not exceeding 1525 kg unladen weight, invalid carriages, motorcycles and pedal cycles may be parked without lights on a road (or lay-by) with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) or less if they are
■at least 10 metres (32 feet) away from any junction, close to the kerb and facing in the direction of the traffic flow
■in a recognised parking place or lay-by
Other vehicles and trailers, and all vehicles with projecting loads, MUST NOT be left on a road at night without lights.
So you Disco, M270, Range Rovers, Jeeps etc......... need watch out I think.
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