Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77145
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Eyesight
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St 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 LightwoodVehicle 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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