Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77145

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Eyesight

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she has considered the potential merits of applying the Direct Vision Standard regulations for HGV drivers nationwide.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Vehicle construction regulations are generally set at an international level in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the UK played an active role in the development of regulation 167 on direct vision. This regulation is included in the E...

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