nice to see that her Maj's Gov is on top of this sort of stuff !!......... LOL
It has more to do with DoT (& HMG solicitors) realizing that the widespread use of HID, and now LED lighting makes the old wattage measurements meaningless, I suspect it will eventually come down to Lumens, and the accuracy of the beam pattern. If you look at what Audi research has been doing lately with "mouldable" LED lighting, which means that the same lighting units will used in both LHD and RHD markets (huge cost advantage), and of course it will also mean the end of the main/dip beam, as lights become interactive, and there projected beam length constantly varies to maximize vision and minimize dazzle. I think we will see WRC cars with bonnet integrated additional lighting within 12 months. Just look at some of the WRC2 Fiestas are doing with the 1st generation auxiliary lighting.
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