It’s very possible that at some point as a child, your parents told you that turning the car's inside lights on while driving was a crime. However, you are not alone. The AA has revealed that Google searches for ‘is it illegal to drive with interior lights on’ have increased by 222% in the UK in the last three months.
A spokesman said: “It’s something which lots of people think is a fact but there’s no law against driving with your interior lights on. But at night it can be distracting or interfere with your vision by reflecting off of the inside of the windscreen.
"If you’re pulled over and it’s decided that your light was a probable cause in any bad driving, you can expect to get a careless driving charge though. There are plenty of myths and misconceptions around what you can and can’t do whilst driving. The AA reminds drivers that the most important thing to remember when you're on roads in the UK is that you must obey the Highway Code.
