Offence
Use a motor vehicle on a road when there was insufficient transmission of light through the vehicle glass
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 87
- Upcoming hearings
- 3
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 41
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (87)
- Official offence code
- RC86980
- The law
- Contrary to column 4 of table II of regulation 32(10) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (19 hearings)
- Staines Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Ipswich Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Stevenage Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Barkingside Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Basildon Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Brighton Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Cannock Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Guildford Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Hendon Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
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