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	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) safety of the use of bright LEDs on cycles and (b) adequacy of standards regulation on those lights.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	21175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Requirements for the fitment and use of bicycle lamps are set out in the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 as amended.</p><p>Enforcement of road traffic law is generally an operational matter for individual Police Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/04/2024 14:07:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1260176

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that bicycle lights fitted to bicycles at the manufacturing stage which are integral to the bicycle itself comply with the standards in the Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	128208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Pedal Bicycles (Safety) Regulations 2010 protects consumers by regulating the supply of bicycles. It requires a retro reflector or lamp to be fitted to the front, and a retro reflector to the rear.</p><p> </p><p>All lamps fitted to bicycles are also covered by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, and the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence to fit a part which would contravene those regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of consumer protection requirements for products being placed on the market is generally the responsibility of local authority trading standards officers and enforcement of road traffic law for cyclists is a matter for the Police.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/12/2020 17:09:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1246570

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to establish a standard mandatory (a) brightness and (b) width of flood for bicycle lights.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	108260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The lighting of road vehicles, including bicycles, is regulated by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (as amended). To control light output bicycle lamps emitting a steady light must comply with British Standard 6102: Part 3 or an equivalent European standard. The standard includes maximum and minimum luminous intensity requirements, and defines the beam pattern to ensure the road surface is adequately lit whilst minimising glare to other road users. Flashing lamps may also be used provided they comply with the mandatory minimum luminous intensity requirement.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence to dazzle other road users with bicycle lamps. There are no current plans to change these provisions.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/11/2020 14:07:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1175879

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the (1) flash frequency, and (2) brightness, of bicycle lights is regulated; if so, how it is enforced; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such lights' frequency and brightness on people with photosensitive epilepsy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Published research identifies that flashing lights at certain intensities have the potential to trigger seizures in those who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy. It also reports the likelihood of such effects to be low and the frequency range most likely to cause such a response is 5-30 flashes per second (5-30Hz).</p><p> </p><p>As such, the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (as amended) permit flashing bicycle lamps only if they have a frequency of no greater than 4 Hz, and not so bright as to cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other road users.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of road traffic law is generally an operational matter for individual Police Forces and their Officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report riders for formal prosecution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 30/01/2020 15:43:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont