On 07/05/2011 11:03, Steve Firth wrote:
wrote:

Stephen wrote:

Also a mini-cab driver had no clue that he should have had headlights
not side lights on when driving on a motorway.


Driving with only sidelights on is never a good idea, but I wasn't
aware of any statute prohibiting their use on motorways.

Tssk, Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989

"25.- (1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall use, or
cause or permit to be used, on a road a vehicle which is fitted with
obligatory dipped-beam headlamps unless every such lamp is kept lit-"

a)during the hours of darkness, except on a road which is a restricted road
for the purposes of section 81 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 by
virtue of a system of street lighting when it is lit; and.
(b)in seriously reduced visibility..

paragraph (2) states that the dipped beam headlamps do not need to be
lit *if*:


Which means all those tools who drive around on sidelights are not
legal.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1...lation/25/made