license plate lights
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license plate lights
are you allowed to change the lights for the rear license plate i want to change them to blue and i dident know if that was illegal or not if it helps i live in new york thanks alot and if you can what size lights are they
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im pretty sure its illegal, i had super bright white and it was not super bright, more like a bluish white. the stockers were brighter and more visable, so the cops wont give me sh*t! Plus my JL 10w6v2 were killing the LED's!
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Pretty sure any color except white is illegal. It really all depends on that particular cop that pulls up behind you. I have hyper white LEDs in mine and they give off a blue tint, but no problems yet....knock on wood.
Light size is 168
Light size is 168
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depends on the state, go to the NY DOT web page and they should have the rules for all that crap(like the above posted) I read over the AZ laws a little while back and found some cool stuff that I though was illegal but wasn't like driving with my fog lights and Angel eyes is Legal under 20mph, but I think you can have white, yellow, orange, and maybe even red
Check with your state codes though, that's the only way to know for sure, cause a cop won't forget about a ticket because someone on SL told you its ok to do something.
Check with your state codes though, that's the only way to know for sure, cause a cop won't forget about a ticket because someone on SL told you its ok to do something.
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Yes, check the local laws, and look for an innocent seeming phrase that says those laws apply except where contradicted by federal law, or that the are in addition to federal law, or something similar. States include that so they can continue to get federal money.
What you see above is a tiny exerpt of the federal laws they are referring to. The ones that take precedence over the state laws.
Those two pages above are from the DOT's FMVSS - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard - and are the minimum requirements that states then ADD to.
You mention AZ, so here's the AZ law on vehicle light colors:
(Emphasis added.)
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatD...28&DocType=ARS
Since the original question is from NY...
(Emphasis added.)
public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS
A quick search of ScionLife will find this info from federal law and from a number of states, because the question gets asked over and over and answered over and over. I recall CA, TX, WA, MD, FL and now AZ, and NY being covered, as well as the federal requirements I first posted.
Tomas
What you see above is a tiny exerpt of the federal laws they are referring to. The ones that take precedence over the state laws.
Those two pages above are from the DOT's FMVSS - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard - and are the minimum requirements that states then ADD to.
You mention AZ, so here's the AZ law on vehicle light colors:
28-931. Lamp colors
A. Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
B. Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
C. All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except that:
1. The stoplight or other signal device may be red, amber or yellow.
2. The light illuminating the license plate or the light emitted by a backup lamp shall be white.
A. Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
B. Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
C. All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except that:
1. The stoplight or other signal device may be red, amber or yellow.
2. The light illuminating the license plate or the light emitted by a backup lamp shall be white.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatD...28&DocType=ARS
Since the original question is from NY...
§ 376. Lamps, signaling devices and reflectors on vehicles. 1. (a) It
shall be unlawful to operate, drive or park a vehicle, except a
motorcycle operated during the period from one-half hour before sunrise
to one-half hour after sunset, on any public highway or street in this
state at any time during the day or night unless such vehicle is
equipped with signaling devices and reflectors of a type approved by the
commissioner which are in good working condition; or to operate, drive
or park a vehicle, except a motorcycle, on any public highway or street
in this state, during the period from one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise, unless such vehicle is equipped with lamps
of a type approved by the commissioner which are lighted and in good
working condition.
(b) The commissioner of motor vehicles is hereby authorized and
empowered to promulgate rules and regulations with respect to lamps,
reflectors and signaling devices, their number, type, design,
construction, location, attachment and use on vehicles being driven,
operated or parked on any public highway or street in this state. In
promulgating such rules and regulations the commissioner shall be guided
by the requirements with regard to lights, reflectors, signaling devices
and associated equipment on vehicles of rules and regulations
promulgated by the United States department of transportation.
shall be unlawful to operate, drive or park a vehicle, except a
motorcycle operated during the period from one-half hour before sunrise
to one-half hour after sunset, on any public highway or street in this
state at any time during the day or night unless such vehicle is
equipped with signaling devices and reflectors of a type approved by the
commissioner which are in good working condition; or to operate, drive
or park a vehicle, except a motorcycle, on any public highway or street
in this state, during the period from one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise, unless such vehicle is equipped with lamps
of a type approved by the commissioner which are lighted and in good
working condition.
(b) The commissioner of motor vehicles is hereby authorized and
empowered to promulgate rules and regulations with respect to lamps,
reflectors and signaling devices, their number, type, design,
construction, location, attachment and use on vehicles being driven,
operated or parked on any public highway or street in this state. In
promulgating such rules and regulations the commissioner shall be guided
by the requirements with regard to lights, reflectors, signaling devices
and associated equipment on vehicles of rules and regulations
promulgated by the United States department of transportation.
public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS
A quick search of ScionLife will find this info from federal law and from a number of states, because the question gets asked over and over and answered over and over. I recall CA, TX, WA, MD, FL and now AZ, and NY being covered, as well as the federal requirements I first posted.
Tomas
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