PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motor Vehicles: Lighting (11 January 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the law on adding additional headlights to vehicles.

Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The maximum number and intensity of undipped headlamps fitted to new road vehicles in the UK must comply with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) vehicle approval regulations. Once a vehicle enters into service, national regulations allow the fitment of additional undipped headlamps but make it an offence to use headlamps in a manner that causes undue dazzle or discomfort to other road users.

There are currently no plans to review the laws relating to the maximum power of undipped headlamps or the fitment of additional headlamps.


Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
21 January 2019

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