40How headlights are to be fitted

40 How headlights are to be fitted

40 How headlights are to be fitted

(1) The centres of low-beam headlights fitted as a pair on a heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be at least 600mm apart.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a heavy motor vehicle built before 1970 if the centres of its low-beam headlights—

(a) were less than 600mm apart when the vehicle was built; and

(b) are not nearer than they were when the vehicle was built.

(3) The centre of a low-beam headlight fitted to a heavy motor vehicle built after June 1953 must be—

(a) at least 500mm above ground level; and

(b) not more than 1.4m above ground level.