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Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2024
66Effective range of headlights
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66 Effective range of headlights
(1) This regulation applies to a headlight that is on at night.
(2) A low-beam headlight must illuminate the road ahead of a light motor vehicle for at least 25 metres.
(3) A high-beam headlight must illuminate the road ahead of a light motor vehicle for at least 50 metres.
(4) Despite subregulation (2) , a low-beam headlight fitted to a light motor vehicle built before 1931, or to a moped, need only illuminate the road ahead of the vehicle for 12 metres.