Blue_Shift
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This is mainly for the LEO's or others that know, are there laws on the color, brightness of turn signals and break lights?
Jason
Jason
car lights
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6pOriginal
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I think that may vary from state to state, as far as I remember the state law in CA requires the brake and turn signal lights to be visible couple hundred yards away
pending more info, i think they do are uniform across jurisdictions within a country (can you imagine the logistics nightmare of having different lamp requirements for each state in a union?), and the outputs are also very wide (as evidenced by a whole lot of crappy stuff along with few good implementations).
usually (i'm going from memory) tail lamps are 5w, brake/turn are 22w, not sure on fronts, should be close. side markers are much smaller.
usually (i'm going from memory) tail lamps are 5w, brake/turn are 22w, not sure on fronts, should be close. side markers are much smaller.
SilverFox
Flashaholic
Hello Jason,
I was under the impression that the DOT dictates those values.
Tom
I was under the impression that the DOT dictates those values.
Tom
DumboRAT
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As far as I know, yes, there are such laws.
If you have a show car that you drive on the roads, just be sure your lights - all of them - are DOT approved and that you're not blaring down the road with more than 4 "headlights" on at a time, and you should be fine.
Your local codes/ordinances may also impact smaller issues, such as reflector color and visibility, etc.
Here in Cleveland, a lot of the SCC crowd were cited for violations of municiple motor-safety codes for using rear break/turn light units that were patterned after the early/mid-90s "white-out" fad. Although legal red/yellow bulbs were used, citations were given for the units lacking visible red reflectors. Most drivers later changed to the now more popular "see-through" units, whose red reflectors and bulb lenses seem to have satisfied the local enforcement.
Strobes and blue or red accents (typically used to designate emergency vehicles) are generally a no-no used on the road, but in most jurisdictions, I've seen enforcement turn a blind eye to "ground-effects" and license-plate or windshield-washer accents.
Allen
aka DumboRAT
If you have a show car that you drive on the roads, just be sure your lights - all of them - are DOT approved and that you're not blaring down the road with more than 4 "headlights" on at a time, and you should be fine.
Your local codes/ordinances may also impact smaller issues, such as reflector color and visibility, etc.
Here in Cleveland, a lot of the SCC crowd were cited for violations of municiple motor-safety codes for using rear break/turn light units that were patterned after the early/mid-90s "white-out" fad. Although legal red/yellow bulbs were used, citations were given for the units lacking visible red reflectors. Most drivers later changed to the now more popular "see-through" units, whose red reflectors and bulb lenses seem to have satisfied the local enforcement.
Strobes and blue or red accents (typically used to designate emergency vehicles) are generally a no-no used on the road, but in most jurisdictions, I've seen enforcement turn a blind eye to "ground-effects" and license-plate or windshield-washer accents.
Allen
aka DumboRAT
