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Dave Liquorice
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:37:18 +0000, Austin Shackles wrote:
>> Agreed, I think Austin may have confused "type approval" with
>> "construction and use".
>
> no, I didn't.
Apologies.
> I can't find any reference to lights in C&U - the lights are in Road
> Vehicle Lighting Regulations. I imagine that the HID lights are in
> an update to that but as yet I've not actually found it.
A quick google doesn't through up anything other than many multiple
posts of an old letter proporting to come from the "powers that be"
saying that HID is not mentioned in the RVLR therefore they are
illegal. New cars can have them provided they have EU type approval.
The UK cannot refuse to license a vehicle that has EU type approval.
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>> Agreed, I think Austin may have confused "type approval" with
>> "construction and use".
>
> no, I didn't.
Apologies.
> I can't find any reference to lights in C&U - the lights are in Road
> Vehicle Lighting Regulations. I imagine that the HID lights are in
> an update to that but as yet I've not actually found it.
A quick google doesn't through up anything other than many multiple
posts of an old letter proporting to come from the "powers that be"
saying that HID is not mentioned in the RVLR therefore they are
illegal. New cars can have them provided they have EU type approval.
The UK cannot refuse to license a vehicle that has EU type approval.
--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail