Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 19197
Bicycles: Lighting
Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024
Question
Matt Bishop
Labour — Forest of Dean
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for cyclists to have lights on their bikes.
Answer
Simon LightwoodIt is already a requirement that cycles have white front and red rear lights lit when being ridden at night. Under The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 cycles must also be fitted with a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors (if manufactured...
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