the rta officials said that they do not give fitness to vehicles that use modified parts for their vehicles in january this year the supreme court banned all modifications to vehicles despite the judgment the practice of altering vehicles continues across the city with the maximum number of modifications being done to headlightsroad safety experts say that the bulb of headlights fixed by the original equipment manufacturer oem are often replaced with alternative sources that produce extra powerful lightsthough this is done in an attempt to increase visibility bulbs fixed from alternative sources cause inconvenience to commuters and lead to poor visibility in foggy conditions resulting in accidents said vinod kumar kanumala founder of indian federation of road safety advt for instance if a car has an h4 bulb the vehicle owner can only use h4 bulb in it they are not supposed to use led or hid alternatives as these are illegal kanumala further said that the manufacturer decides which bulb to use as per car homologation which is an approval process through which a standardised part gets certificationevery part used in the car undergoes homologation as per the legal requirement there are a set of instructions for each part under automotive industry standards which is regulated by automotive research association of india said kanumala adding that the bulb specified will be as per oem and it is prohibited to use the nonhomologated parts in any vehiclethe arai approves headlamps depending on the size and capacity however a reality check in abids showed that bulbs designed for heavy vehicles such as buses were being used for cars and some twowheelers used headlamps of carsgovernment yet to restrict dazzling headlights despite madras high court orderwhen that bright light is a deathly stare on delhi roads there needs to be a complete ban on alternative bulbs which are not fixed by oem being sold in the market and the road transport authority rta officials should check for such modifications when the vehicles are brought for fitness approval to the rta office said m dayanand general secretary telangana auto and motor welfare union advt the rta officials said that they do not give fitness to vehicles that use modified parts for their vehicles by moulikakv tnn published on apr 15 2019 at 1125 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app cars headlights rampant automotive industry standards oem original equipment manufacturer road safety homenewsindustryuse of modified headlights rampant bulbs designed for heavy vehicles