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BBROWN1664:
MOT special notice 01-21: headlamp conversions - GOV.UK ([url=http://www.gov.uk]www.gov.uk)

b1k3rdude:

--- Quote from: BBROWN1664 on 19 March 2021, 02:16:28 pm ---From 22 March 2021, we’re changing these rules so that not all motorcycles and vehicles will fail the MOT test if their halogen headlamp units have been converted to be used with HID or LED bulbs.
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This is indeed good news :-)

Timbo:

--- Quote from: BBROWN1664 on 19 March 2021, 02:16:28 pm ---MOT special notice 01-21: headlamp conversions - GOV.UK)

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I will have to say I disagree ... there are far too many very intense and blinding LED lights on the road now that are actually a hazard to other road users. Its a bad move because it has not been investigated enough, nearly all the LEDs are too biased to the blue end of the spectrum and that is the issue.

Bw

[Edited to fix the URL: GrahamM - Moderator]

b1k3rdude:

--- Quote from: Timbo on 13 May 2021, 08:44:15 am ---I will have to say I disagree ... there are far too many very intense and blinding LED lights on the road now that are actually a hazard to other road users. Its a bad move because it has not been investigated enough, nearly all the LEDs are too biased to the blue end of the spectrum and that is the issue.

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If they are adjusted correctly, dazzeling is minimised. And afaik you have to have white LED so 4600-5000k. Anything higher than that is and has always been illegal.

BBROWN1664:

--- Quote from: Timbo on 13 May 2021, 08:44:15 am ---I will have to say I disagree ... there are far too many very intense and blinding LED lights on the road now that are actually a hazard to other road users. Its a bad move because it has not been investigated enough, nearly all the LEDs are too biased to the blue end of the spectrum and that is the issue.

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Most muppets who fit them will fail the MOT as the aim is not set correctly or they are using cheap and nasty LED that cannot be aimed properly. Set correctly they are fine.

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