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Are LED headlight bulbs for cars legal?

Published 01 December 2022
By David Mullen
One major complaint often heard from motorists is about LED headlights and the blinding glare they cause to oncoming drivers.

Reader Letters: Electric car emissions & trackers

"We hear a lot about diesel emissions yet nowhere are we told the carbon footprint of a unit of electricity. It should be mandatory to quote..."
Published 05 March 2018
More than 8,000 motorists a year caught driving with broken rear lights

8,000 a year caught with broken rear lights

If you've noticed a lot of cars being driven with broken rear lights, you're not alone — so have the police.
Published 27 February 2018
Haynes How-To: change a headlight bulb

Haynes How-To: change a headlight bulb

Without a full set of functioning headlight bulbs you’re making night-time driving more difficult for yourself and aren’t making yourself as...
Published 03 November 2017
The light that never goes out: Julian Melchiorri's 'bionic chandelier'

The light that never goes out (ad)

In the first of a new series on how technology is taking inspiration from our five senses, Audi explores the link between innovation and sight.
Published 29 October 2017
How to restore car headlight covers

How to restore car headlight covers

Most modern headlights have a polycarbonate plastic cover rather than glass to protect the delicate bulbs and lenses inside
Published 11 October 2017
Blaze Lazerlight: helping alert London and New York motorists to vulnerable cyclists

Lighting the way ahead in a green blaze of glory

Forget about painting the town red. For five years Emily Brooke has wanted to make the night-time streets of the world’s great cities glow green.
Published 25 January 2017
Government proposes MoT after four years, not three

Government proposes MoT after four years

New cars won't need to undergo an MoT for four years under government plans to be announced this week.
Published 23 January 2017