Driving Light Laws...
#1
Hullo
Ive got some PIAA driving lights @120Watts. Apparently anything not E cerified and lowre that 55W is ileagal on the public road.
Is this true, and can I get nicked for using them in the dark with main beam?
Ta
[Edited by nuclear_pond - 8/7/2003 6:05:22 PM]
Ive got some PIAA driving lights @120Watts. Apparently anything not E cerified and lowre that 55W is ileagal on the public road.
Is this true, and can I get nicked for using them in the dark with main beam?
Ta
[Edited by nuclear_pond - 8/7/2003 6:05:22 PM]
#2
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how much u want for them m8
email in profile m8
thx
simon
ps u can have mine in px as well m8
[Edited by scooby-si - 8/7/2003 7:58:37 PM]
email in profile m8
thx
simon
ps u can have mine in px as well m8
[Edited by scooby-si - 8/7/2003 7:58:37 PM]
#5
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Can't comment on the "E" mark but I think that its a conformity of safety issue (ie won't blow up & kill you)
BUT
Driving lights can be more than 55W
I know this for 100% because I did a Driver Improvement Course with SIDC/Dick Grimes and when he said they were OK, made the point of asking him twice for comfirmation.
I then went & bought some SS 130W Cibies
The law allows "Driving Lights" of any wattage but you are not allowed to dazzle other road-users - hence why foglight users get it all the time. So drive around with driving lights on all the time, blinding people then its an offence - use in the dark with no on-coming traffic & no problem + you can see
I've now got 35W Driving Lights but as they're HIDs then they're as good as the PIAAs anyway - the 120mm version are even brighter
BUT
Driving lights can be more than 55W
I know this for 100% because I did a Driver Improvement Course with SIDC/Dick Grimes and when he said they were OK, made the point of asking him twice for comfirmation.
I then went & bought some SS 130W Cibies
The law allows "Driving Lights" of any wattage but you are not allowed to dazzle other road-users - hence why foglight users get it all the time. So drive around with driving lights on all the time, blinding people then its an offence - use in the dark with no on-coming traffic & no problem + you can see
I've now got 35W Driving Lights but as they're HIDs then they're as good as the PIAAs anyway - the 120mm version are even brighter
#6
The only come on with main beam so no day time dazzle for others. They came with the car as its an RB5, so I wouldnt have though subaru could sell a car with ilegal lights.
Its just halfords patter then.
Its just halfords patter then.
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