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well I aimed my lights all the way down and went to the police station to get the compliance on my ticket signed off. I went their paid my 4 dollars and the cop was supposed to call an officer out to look at my car to check it out, but I guess the lady at the desk was feeling in a good mood and didn;t even bother and just signed it off for me. So I got a freebie on that one.
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best thing to do is contact the agency that wrote you the citation and ask them if aftermarket hids are illegal... dont tell them you got a ticket. and if they say they are illegal then ask for the state code for that law.
Injen
Its federal motor vehicle law. U.S. DOT, not state DOT.
IMO, It's freaking stupid from the law's point of view to say that HIDs would be illegal on a car that doesn't come with them from factory. I mean, what's the big fvckin' diference from one that comes with them? I'd say that as long as you have them within specs they should be ok. How the hell does he know that yours are blinding ppl?? I feel like sometimes laws are written by a six year old.
Last edited by cubanmike26; 01-08-2005 at 04:54 PM.
Its federal motor vehicle law. U.S. DOT, not state DOT.
A federal law means that states don't have to follow it, it's only a general guideline that states SHOULD do, not MUST do. Most of the time states just ignore what's going on in D.C., and again, municipal authorities also can ignore what's going on in the state capital, so that's why we got every single person having different experience with HIDs. Look back at your college/high school government book and you'll know(something like federal government have no authority over states' decision, and states' decision don't affect local, etc., UNLESS you're crossing the state border or city limit/county limit).
My experience was not caught on HIDs, but on blue TINTED bulb, a while ago(last century). It was a law, no idea what law at all, state that nobody can use a blue TINTED bulb(!? now it would be F'd up by everybody if someone says that!!) on motor vehicle. I was driving in Houston without any problem, but was stopped twiced in Friendswood, near Houston. I recall that federal law OK'd any kind of bulb as long as it's 55W and output complies to FMV-108. So it was not a federal law, nor a state law, but it's their local thing. State doesn't bother me either in that either.
Another thing is that, if you are stopped by cops in state capital, you have a higher chance to be stopped by cops elsewhere. Believe it or not, capital police(at least in Texas) let you do whatever most of the time, unless it is out of their tolerance, which is a pretty high tolerance comparing to all other cities or towns.
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a couple years ago they made it illegal to sell kits unless its an option from a car dealer. its not always ok to slap and hid kit because your headlights werent made for it so the beam is too intense and even low beam is blinding for oncomers due to the angles and stuff built into stock headlight... if you have projectors chances are it would be less bright to oncomers... normally the most common problem is that the beam aims too high you can see a defined line on ... lets say a wall ur parked in front of and it should shoot straight out and angle down a bit but sometimes it aims far up and its not too noticeable on a wall but a few hundered feet away that angle is enough to blind oncomers.... if you alrieady have it on they shouldnt be able to ticket you if you can give them a receipt with a date from b4 the law is passed. ..... although im still going to buy an hid kit from canada
municipal authorities also can ignore what's going on in the state capital, so that's why we got every single person having different experience with HIDs.
Municipal and county agencies must follow state laws. They do not get to make up their own.
i'm thinking about getting a kit for my car but dunno, don't wanna see scattered light everywhere blinding people, i might keep my silverstars instead.
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