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highway patrol maked a U-Turn and pull me over on highway 126

i ve my blue fog lights Raybrig R1000 Twin Lighting System

so he ticketed me for fog lights and blue signal front but it blinked white


he walked around the car and stop at the blue tire valve caps on the track wheels

he asked me how do u turn that blue lights on????


i said the valve caps ???? what lights????


so i got a fix ticket??? anyone had Raybrigg fog lights??? is it legal

in CA because it turn on white not blue



http://store.racinglab.com/r1000twin1.html

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pix of fog light

DIGItonium

iTrader: (1)

The fog light one is something I never heard of, and sounds silly to get a ticket over.

I wouldn't be surprised about the hyper white blinker bulbs, though. These things are supposed to light up amber, and not white. My friends used to get pulled over for having hyper white anything in place of red/amber lighting.

You think that's bad? My friend used to get pulled over every weekend because of hyper white lighting and what not. My car was pulled over once for having white LED bulbs for license plate, and they claim it was blue. They busted a U and followed me far just to pull me over for that.

Have you tried these new Sylvania bulbs that look clear, but light up amber?

HyperSprite

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The CHP and police in general are very sensitive to blue lighting on cars other than theirs as the color was set aside for police use only. You are best off avoiding it if you can or just accepting the constant "fix-it's".

Also, if the lights are not DOT approved, it is going to be hard to win a case.

Chris

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thanx guys

how do i check it for DOT approved????

i bought these fog lights at dealer

HyperSprite

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Most will have "DOT" right on the lens, if not it might come in the package (like the Sylvania Silver Stars, keep that in the glove box) or check their website. If it says "for off-road or show use only" you are most likely out of luck.

Chris

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thanx i will check on that

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juhko

Did he actually (fix-it)ticket you for both the fog lights and turn signals??
I think the fog light ticket sounds bogus if you they are in fact DOT approved, but the whole illegal-white/blue-bulb-thing was why many have bought the EVOstyle.com bulbs or the Ares LED Signals.

ZRACING

yes both are on same fix ticket?????

so i suppose to take my fog light off????

hell no

it cost me 200$

TheLex

This reminds me of an incident that happened to me in college (in the 80's). I had a Volvo 242GT which came from the factory with Bosch fog lamps in the grill. The fogs were actually at the height of the hi/low beams, IN the grill. So one day a donut eater flashes hi high beams at me. Being annoyed for being hi-beamed for no reason, I hit him back with my high beams. Officer Krispy Kream decides to pull a u-turn and pull me over. He tells me "your fogs are illegal - you can't have them there." I told him that the fogs CAME WITH THE CAR FROM THE FACTORY this way. If you have a problem, go call Volvo. He doesn't want to believe me, so he takes a closer look. Sure nuff, the grill is factory. He tries to look around the car and find something wrong, but can't. So he gives me this "well, I'll let you slide this time" crap and drives off in search of some chocolate sprinkles.

It's no different than idiot donut eaters who pulled me over for having "blue tinted headlights." In this case, they were factory Xenon's on a Mercedes Benz SL500. Have a problem officer? I'd be happy to give you the toll free number to Mercedes Benz North America. You can take issue with their DOT approval. BTW, they don't serve donut holes.

ZRACING

lolzzzzzzzzzzzz


thanx for the laugh

Ruhtra

I wish sometimes i can feed **some** cops a knuckle sandwich i cleaned it up, from my original post idea

Dark_fusion42

you know, I was just reading an article in a magazine about all the states laws and fix it tickets and now, you have to have either amber OR white turn signals....but they still get people for white. Alot of cars come stock with white turnsignals too...a few GM vehicles I know of....

Dark_fusion42

of course, thats only for front turn signals in replace of amber, you cant replace red with white obviously

onepoint9

white signals themselves are fine, as long as you have amber reflectors.

HyperSprite

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You guys are right, at least in CA (other states may vary), I found the doc at the DMV website.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24953.htm

This is the whole thing here -
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm
Look at Division 12 Equipment of Vehicles for this kind of stuff.

ZRACING

Thanx Hyper

good looking out
Turn Signal Lamps

24953. (a) Any turn signal system used to give a signal of intention to turn right or left shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear.

(b) Side-mounted turn signal lamps projecting a flashing amber light to either side may be used to supplement the front and rear turn signals. Side-mounted turn signal lamps mounted to the rear of the center of the vehicle may project a flashing red light no part of which shall be visible from the front.

(c) In addition to any required turn signal lamps, any vehicle may be equipped with supplemental rear turn signal lamps mounted to the rear of the rearmost portion of the driver's seat in its rearmost position.

(d) In addition to any required or authorized turn signal lamps, any vehicle may be equipped with supplemental rear turn signal lamps that are mounted on, or are an integral portion of, the outside rearview mirrors, so long as the lamps flash simultaneously with the rear turn signal lamps, the light emitted from the lamps is projected only to the rear of the vehicle and is not visible to the driver under normal operating conditions, except for a visual indicator designed to allow monitoring of lamp operation, and the lamps do not project a glaring light.

Amended Ch. 207, Stats. 1994. Effective July 18, 1994.
Amended Sec. 22, Ch. 945, Stats. 1997. Effective January 1, 1998.

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