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Originally posted by FALKEN
can i use yellow headlight bulbs??
(the color thats in my fogs or like the Lexus fogs)
i believe the law states that the lighting to the front on the vehicle must be white or amber in color...so wouldnt this be legal?? |
here are the statutes that apply...nothing is mentioned of the color yellow
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.
28-938 Spot and Auxiliary Lamps (this is just an FYI)
2. Not more than two fog lamps that are mounted on the front at a height of not less than twelve inches and not more than thirty inches above the level surface on which the vehicle stands and that are aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall project, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp that is aimed.
28- 947 Special Restrictions on Lamps
A. A person shall direct a lighted lamp or illuminating device on a motor vehicle, other than a head lamp, spot lamp, auxiliary lamp or flashing front direction signal, that projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower so that no part of the beam strikes the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.
B. A person shall not drive or move a vehicle or equipment on a highway with a lamp or device on the vehicle that is capable of displaying a red or red and blue light or lens visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle.
Lights visible from the front of a vehicle shall be amber or white. This section does not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle on which a red or red and blue light or lens visible from the front is expressly authorized or required by this chapter.
