Editing MOT test (section)

=== Lighting exemption ===

A vehicle that has no front- and rear-position lights fitted or has had those lights permanently removed, painted or masked-over is exempt from the lighting sections of the MOT test. An advisory note will be provided on the VT32 as a reminder that the vehicle should be used only during daylight hours and not used at times of seriously reduced visibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m1s01000101.htm |title=MOT Guide & Inspection Manual |publisher=DVSA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111220948/http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m1s01000101.htm |archive-date=2014-11-11 }}</ref>

This is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "Daytime MOT", but there is no official distinction. It is the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations that prevent an unlit vehicle being used on the road after dark, not the MOT.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_1.htm|title=The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information|access-date=2010-07-11}}</ref>