On 28/03/2021 14:44, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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NY wrote:
What I don't understand is why the Construction and Use regulations haven't
been given powers to say to car manufacturers "this is not adequate for
purpose - putting indicators right next to headlights or brakelights makes
them considerably less visible". But they are more concerned with the exact
relation with respect to bumpers and ground, than with proximity between one
light and another.

The lighting regs are the usual civil service nonsense. Probably egged on
by the various trade bodies etc, or others with an axe to grind.

There is a blanket ban on aftermarket HID and LED, to a car originally
fitted with tungsten. Regardless. Yet many new vehicles cause dazzle.

That is not quite correct. They can only be fitted with E-marked
replacements, so if an E-marked headlamp assembly is available, it can
be retrofitted.

The regulations should state beam pattern and intensity. Both are easy
enough to check at MOT time.

Beam pattern is the big one. With the correct beam pattern, intensity is
far less important.