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rusty12345
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: Lighting Laws |
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| What makes auxilary lighting illegal, when must you have the covers on your lights, and what is too bright for the road. |
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KrAzY-BaJa
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cmiller95
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rusty12345
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| mine say SAE but not DOT |
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tanner_122
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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laws? whats that word i dont think i know it   [/quote]
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Dale M.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Since you are in California....
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm
Select 'Letter L' and slide down to "Lights and Lighting"
Technically anything not DOT approved is not legal on "street" in Calif....
Dale
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Lotrat
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V C Section 24407 Upper and Lower Beam
24407. Multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be designed and aimed as follows:
(a) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
(b) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead. On a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
V C Section 24405 Maximum Number of Lamps
24405. (a) Not more than four lamps of the following types showing to the front of a vehicle may be lighted at any one time:
(1) Headlamps.
(2) Auxiliary driving or passing lamps.
(3) Fog lamps.
(4) Warning lamps.
(5) Spot lamps.
(6) Gaseous discharge lamps specified in Section 25258.
(b) For the purpose of this section each pair of a dual headlamp system shall be considered as one lamp.
(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle.
CA VC Section 24411 Auxiliary Lamps Off Highway Use
Auxiliary Lamps: Off-Highway Use
24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or driven off the highway. The lamps shall be mounted at a height of not less than 16 inches from the ground, or more than 12 inches above the top of the passenger compartment, at any place between the front of the vehicle and a line lying on a point 40 inches to the rear of the seat occupied by the driver, shall be wired independently of all other lighting circuits, and, whenever the vehicle is operated or driven upon a highway, shall be covered or hooded with an opaque hood or cover, and turned off. |
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