Pulled by TRAFFICS and given £30.00 fine having HIDS

Smyth · Nov 12, 2011

Was just pulled on the M8 between the kingston bridge and govan by the traffics and given a £30 fine for having HIDs fitted to the car. They are stating that any car with a HID kit fitted to an non leveling halogen lamp is illegal and will recieve a fine. So i have got 7 days to remove the HIDs and fit a standard halogen bulb.

The car has to have a projected headlamp with self leveling and headlamp washer to have a HID fitted to it.

********G Joke in my eyes.

Hope this gives a heads up to everyone.

Paul

insanejim69 · Nov 12, 2011

HID's have always been illegal mate if no self levelling and washers are fitted. The 2012 EU objective is to do with MOT's.

I don't want to go into it again, but I have been on the receiving end of someone coming towards me with HID's and almost blinding me off the road

and I mean literally .

James

ericvaux · Nov 13, 2011

yes i agree,it is time they got banned,and all the illegal headlamp bulbs out there

Aiden · Nov 12, 2011

This is the second time I've heard this in Scotland, my advice would be to remove the hids, put halogens back in and get some osram night breakers (Y)

insanejim69 · Nov 12, 2011

I personally am using "ring" Xenon Maxx bulbs, which are great, so much better than standard bulbs. They are also alot whitter than the standard bulbs too, but without being blinding. Although they are £30 for 2

and yes they are fully legal with full EU markings on them too

(Y)

James

Aiden · Nov 12, 2011

I'm so glad I've got factory AFLs

insanejim69 · Nov 12, 2011

:'

'( Keep rubbing it in !!!

:lol:

James

stampede · Nov 12, 2011

Put them behind reflectors. I would be amazed if a cop could spot that my HIDs were aftermarket when I'm going past.

blink · Nov 12, 2011

same with mine

Aiden · Nov 12, 2011

I'm going to make a point of spraying my headlights when I go past the 5-0

blink · Nov 12, 2011

i assume he means H7R lamps rather than normal H7

young-lecky · Nov 12, 2011

My sisters boyfriends brother was made remove his HIDs from the car, the copper was dead on about it and just gave him a warnin instead of a fine... thats why i removed mine

Spam the Lamb · Nov 12, 2011

Well its well know tbh. I can't count the amount of times I have been blinded by non projected hids! Well deserved IMO

Rich_Ru · Nov 12, 2011

must agree...

isaac · Nov 12, 2011

tbh i`m tired of being blinded by these things, that and ppl who don`t seem to have their headlights aligned so they blind you from behind too.

although sorry to hear that he felt the need to fine you for something that could have just been a warning.

matthew11 · Nov 12, 2011

so if we put hids in projectors ie..angel eyes it wobt be so blinding i know the law is changing next year and i havin angels for xmas im torn between hids or osrams.

blink · Nov 12, 2011

only if the angel eyes are designed for HIDs

matthew11 · Nov 12, 2011

ahhh k thanks mate somthing to look into i thinks..yet is it worth the hastle ov changing them over for the mot.

smooth operator · Nov 12, 2011

On my way to work this morning at about 6:30 am while waiting to set off on the drive ands then Guy on the end of my street was doing the same and his car directly on the same side of the road turned his f******************ing hid lights on instead of side lights. I was blind and got out to have a go at him for 1.having full light directly into oncoming traffic 2.his light are illegal and I could have smashed into him 3
He is a d i c k

armstma1 · Nov 14, 2011

I know him, he's such a nice fella. in fact you couldn't meet a nicer fella! :joker: LOL

Kiltox · Nov 13, 2011

Smyth said:
They are stating that any car with a HID kit fitted to an non leveling halogen lamp is illegal and will recieve a fine.

At last. Fantastic

HERC · Nov 13, 2011

Brace yourself boys and girls, I forsee a load of new posts all whyning about getting pulled for incorrectly fitted HIDS in the near future

RTID75 · Nov 13, 2011

What is changing in the law? They've only been legal with self adjust and wash all along (to my knowledge), so I am not sure what is changing.

No-one can complain for being told to get them taken off, much the same as no-one can complain when they get pulled for illegally spaced/fonted plates. It's illegal - don't do it and you won't get pulled!

HERC · Nov 13, 2011

apparently it was police discression before, but as of next year its going to be an MOT fail and an official No No

Kiltox · Nov 13, 2011

It's going to be a MOT failure soon, that's what's changing.

Spam the Lamb · Nov 13, 2011

Yipeee! About Bloody time

Nimraynn · Nov 13, 2011

Last I heard even standard xenon lights aren't legal by UK law, but the EU law states they're perfectly fine and EU law goes above UK law, apparently.

Either way, HIDs in reflectors are illegal and you deserve your fine. The different characteristics of HID/Xenon light to halogens is massively different, so if you're putting your HIDs into a reflector unit designed for halogens, you will be scattering the light all over the bloody place, blinding on coming drivers.

You may as well drive with your full beams on, probably wouldn't make much difference to oncoming drivers...

ross p · Nov 13, 2011

As I said in a previous post about HIDs. I'm still searching for the legislation that states the use or non use of these types if bulbs and the requirements that must be fulfilled.

Reason being...I don't believe the word of anyone until I see it in black and white.

RTID75 · Nov 13, 2011

ross p said:
As I said in a previous post about HIDs. I'm still searching for the legislation that states the use or non use of these types if bulbs and the requirements that must be fulfilled.

Reason being...I don't believe the word of anyone until I see it in black and white.

Here's the law:

http://www2.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadlamps.html

KevG · Nov 13, 2011

Dude, I got done too last night although it was about 17.50 so before you on the M77, the officer was C.Mitchell was it the same chap?

BMW 5 series SF55 ***

Mixman · Nov 13, 2011

I've never had a problem with mine. I have only ever seen 1 person adjust their rear view mirror as if I was blinding them. I can't remember ever being flashed and I've gone through 2 MOT's and about 50,000 miles with them on.

Mine do have cups over the bulbs, not sure if this is same as Astras as well as Zafiras.

Yes, I do see some people with HID's that are ridiculous, but I don't go point blank saying that everyone who has HID's is disrespectful to other road users. This argument can go on and on and on. I notice more people with front/rear fogs on in clear weather that I find much more irritating. And no, I don't go up their **** flashing them as that is even more dangerous!

Like Ross says, he's looking into the legality of it. I know rules on MOT's are changing and if I fail the MOT, I will remove them and put the standard headlight bulbs back in.

blink · Nov 13, 2011

it should be that you fail an mot if the lights are unsuitable, cause glare, arent aligned etc.

seems overkill to just ban them when they can be made perfectly safe. No idea what difference the washers make but im gonna fit them to mine.

Dan88 · Nov 13, 2011

are you sure projector's are a must? look at the new civic's running factory xenon's in reflectors

i get more annoyed by all these top end 4x4's with there Xenon kits which are more blinding then my HID's and i know mine are bright

blink · Nov 13, 2011

projectors arent required, but the headlight should be designed for xenons, renault have reflectors designed for xenons too.

and yes, know what you mean, lots of range rovers with standard xenons blind me from behind and in front.

RTID75 · Nov 13, 2011

Blind/not bothered MOT tester I'd wager.

blink · Nov 13, 2011

this shows whats currently done in the MOT

http://www.motester.co.uk/Home/MOTChecklist.aspx

Pulled by TRAFFICS and given £30.00 fine having HIDS

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