Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Eyesight
Commons · Question 77145 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she has considered the potential merits of applying the Direct Vision Standard regulations for HGV drivers nationwide.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 14 Oct 2025
Vehicle construction regulations are generally set at an international level in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the UK played an active role in the development of regulation 167 on direct vision. This regulation is included in the E...