headlights

[RABTHECAM]

i was driving during the night,my headlight went ,i to get it fixed,ifthe police stopped me would i be charged.i was told as long as i was enroute to get it fixed it would be alright.
Robert

[Toureman]

If you are stopped by the police at anytime for a deffective light tell them you checked them all before setting out, they cannot charge you for something that went wrong without your knowledge.

This might not work with a headlight though as you would be expected to tell it was not working.

It would be less dangerous to drive to a garage than block the road, I am sure most police, but not all, would be reasonable. If you have 2 working fog lights put them on.

[jake-the-peg]

I got stopped with a headlight out once - I hadn't noticed.

He asked when "I'd last checked my headlights"

Not thinking I "said "they seemed alright when I was coming out of the pub"

He looked at me with a "are you taking the pi$$?" expression and gave me a producer

Drive carefully, make sure your paper work's all in order and you haven't got any tyres near the end of their life and you should be OK

[kempie]

If you are stopped by the police for driving at night with a defective headlight, although they could issue a fixed penalty notice (FPN), they are more likely to issue you with a vehicle defect rectification notice. This means you have to fix the fault and provide proof, such as a receipt from a mechanic saying the fault has been fixed, at a police station. This would be in addition to any order to produce your documents for inspection at a police station as described by j-t-p.

However, if you were to follow the advice suggested by Toureman and were to switch on your front fog lights in conditions where it would be an offence to use them i.e. the visibility was not below 100m, then that act is in itself more likely to incur an FPN than the original faulty headlight.

[madman06]

just carry a few spare bulbs,i got some from local scrap yard front and rear,�2,wrapped em in kitchen roll and put them in glove box, saves old bill giving you a tug

[naz_nomad]

ok in theory madman ...unless you have a Megane, in which case you have to dismantle the ba$tard to change a headlamp bulb