Motor Vehicles: Lighting
Commons · Question 51274 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 May 2025
Question
Asked by Calum Miller
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to prohibit the sale and use of LEDs which dazzle (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists and (c) other drivers.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 15 May 2025
The lighting of road vehicles is regulated by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 as amended (RVLR). It is illegal to sell unapproved LED light sources for use in modern car, truck and bus headlamps. Changes were made to the MOT manual to align wi...