Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce the Driver Vision Standard, which is currently operating in London, in other cities.

The Transport for London direct vision standard is their initiative to improve safety for vulnerable road users by improving direct vision for drivers of goods vehicles over 12 tonnes. The Government makes legislation on a national basis and our focus is improving safety requirements for all new vehicles. There are no plans to introduce different requirements for driver vision on a city by city basis. The Government is actively considering the implementation of a range of measures intended to improve safety for all vehicles. The UK helped to establish these measures under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and they include improved direct vision for drivers of vehicles weighing over 3.5 tonnes.