Government mulls new rules to stop drivers being dazzled

More details to be announced in Labour's upcoming Road Safety Strategy

- Tom Jervis [e-mail]

THE Government could be set to enforce tighter rules on car headlight design amid growing unease from drivers who are being dazzled by bright lights as winter brings longer hours of darkness.

Last year, the Department for Transport (DfT) launched a study into the root causes and effects of headlight glare, with data from the RAC suggesting four-in-five drivers are concerned about getting dazzled by oncoming vehicles.

More than a year later we are still yet to see the findings, but the DfT has told Auto Express that the research “is due to be published in the coming weeks”.