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Legality of lighting mods?
- Thread starter Zaneris
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Any color is fine while riding as long as it is not intermittent and if it is red or blue it cannot cast forwards.
Wheel lights I am not sure of because if you go all out and do them on the rims as it spins it could give the intermittent effect and also the front rim would most likely be taken as cast the light forwards if it was red or blue.
Thanks for the info, you can get away with a lot more than I thought you could.
I'm curious how many headlights you can have. I saw a bike yesterday on Guelph Line. Had two lights on the engine guards and a light bar. Not sure if there were 4 or 5 all in all. I then heard that 4 is the legal maximum. I loved the look of that bike, as it looked more like a jeep coming down the road and not a bike.
It's all good, I just try to answer these questions quick and to the point before they turn into debates lol.
I actually did try searching the forum for an answer before posting, using a few different keyword combos, but the search is so bad that none of the threads that came up were related.
Legal max 4 white lamps facing forwards. It's in the HTA.
Some automotive headlamp designs have separate white bulbs for low beam, high beam, DRL, and fog lamps - and obviously one of each on each side. Generally the DRL switches off when the headlamp is turned on and the fog lamp turns off when high beam is selected ... this avoids having more than 4 white lamps facing forward at the same time.
There's no limit on the number of amber lights facing forward, and amber is a permissible colour for a forward-facing lamp.
strictlye
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Its the same for a bike.
Oh sorry I was looking through the HTA instead of taking the word of a friend of a friend.....
Can you prove it with the HTA...... If so I will totally agree with you.
Oh you can't, because it isn't illegal (Minus red to the front which I already said was illegal).
Your friends definitely should have fought that as it is legal as long as the blue or red doesn't cast forwards, Would have been an easy win.
I asked police at an empty ride program with about 4 cops there and they all told me my blue ones were legal and have had more compliments then tickets from other police.......
Militarii
Well-known member
Why you taking it personally... And it`s not a word from a friend of a friend. I was with him when we got stopped by the cops and he got ticketed for it. We asked the cop what lights he can't have and that`s what the cop said. If the cop is an idiot that is not my problem I`m just speaking from experience. And from your link it specifically says blue lights to the front are prohibited so he would've lost.
Also since you`re the resident expert... do you have blue lights on your front wheel as well or anywhere near the front? Because I imagine on a bike even if the light is on the wheel or even the sides if the cop wants to be a pain he could say they cast forwards.... again just a question.
Why is it so hard ... ? ? ?
Just stick to CMVSS 108 compliant lighting colours. This is what other motorists are expecting to see and it will not confuse them.
White (headlamp) and amber (running lamps and turn signals) facing forward. If you want extra forward-facing lighting, you can have up to 4 forward facing white lamps and as many amber lamps as you want.
Red (tail/brake) and amber or red (turn signal) facing rearward. There's no restriction on how many rear-facing lamps or auxiliary brake lamps you can have if they are the prescribed colours. White on the rear for the license plate only, and the direct light from the white bulb is not to be visible from the rear (only the light that reflects off the license plate).
Lights near the front but facing to the side should be amber (side marker lamps). Lights near the rear but facing to the side should be either red, or amber if they serve a turn-signal function.
If you stick to those colours you will not have trouble as long as they don't flash like emergency vehicles!
If for whatever cosmetic reason, you want to have some other lighting colours, you can do whatever you want if the vehicle is parked.
Just stick to CMVSS 108 compliant lighting colours. This is what other motorists are expecting to see and it will not confuse them.
White (headlamp) and amber (running lamps and turn signals) facing forward. If you want extra forward-facing lighting, you can have up to 4 forward facing white lamps and as many amber lamps as you want.
Red (tail/brake) and amber or red (turn signal) facing rearward. There's no restriction on how many rear-facing lamps or auxiliary brake lamps you can have if they are the prescribed colours. White on the rear for the license plate only, and the direct light from the white bulb is not to be visible from the rear (only the light that reflects off the license plate).
Lights near the front but facing to the side should be amber (side marker lamps). Lights near the rear but facing to the side should be either red, or amber if they serve a turn-signal function.
If you stick to those colours you will not have trouble as long as they don't flash like emergency vehicles!
If for whatever cosmetic reason, you want to have some other lighting colours, you can do whatever you want if the vehicle is parked.
I'm not taking it personally, I just want to make sure people get the real law. The way you worded it was incorret so I was just making a point.
I don't have any facing forwards or glowing in front of the front wheel, But obviously if your buddy had them facing the front then it was a legitimate ticket, I just saw you mentioned no blue anywhere.
Thank you Brian. I had searched through the forum and was not able to find this information. Thank you for explaining it so clearly.
I was in a parking lot the other night and an officer walked over after noticing the blue lighting on my licence plate. Said I had no idea it wasn't legal and he just said fix it.
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