Hamilton Felix
Enlightened
I wanted to find the rules for rear fog lamps where I live, Washington State, USA.
I looked for FMVSS 108, found the part that says rear fogs have to conform to SAE J-1319.
Then I search for the SAE standard and find only sites that want to SELL it to me for pocketful of money.
Is it an expensive secret or something?
And looking at my own State, I find the appropriate part of RCW 46 does not even address rear fog lamps.
I guess one can assume Federal regulations trump State laws (assuming the cop who stops you agrees), so a rear fog is legal.
But it would be nice to have some hard copy to which one could point when stopped by the local cop who does NOT understand about rear fog lamps.
I applaud Scheinwerfermann's effort to build up some legal reference sources. But that's a closed thread. Do those who wish to contribute need to PM first?
It would be nice to know for sure what rules we're playing but, but I guess it's like lot of other things in life...
I looked for FMVSS 108, found the part that says rear fogs have to conform to SAE J-1319.
Then I search for the SAE standard and find only sites that want to SELL it to me for pocketful of money.
Is it an expensive secret or something?
And looking at my own State, I find the appropriate part of RCW 46 does not even address rear fog lamps.
I guess one can assume Federal regulations trump State laws (assuming the cop who stops you agrees), so a rear fog is legal.
But it would be nice to have some hard copy to which one could point when stopped by the local cop who does NOT understand about rear fog lamps.
I applaud Scheinwerfermann's effort to build up some legal reference sources. But that's a closed thread. Do those who wish to contribute need to PM first?
It would be nice to know for sure what rules we're playing but, but I guess it's like lot of other things in life...