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ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 1999 - REG 78

78—How headlights are to be fitted

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

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

            (a)         were under 600 millimetres apart when the vehicle was built; and

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

        (3)         Each low-beam headlight of a pair on a motor trike (except a moped) with 2 front wheels must not be over 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle.

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

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

            (b)         not over 1.4 metres above ground level.



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