***Neons***
***Neons***
Sup Florida?
Justa couple Q's on neons...
Question 1. What color of neon is illegal in our state? Im certain Red & Blue since they resemble emergency vehicle lights. Any others?
Queston 2. Also whatta bout interior neons? (Color, visibility??)
Searched n couldn't find any certain answers from anyone.
Posted my own thread in Legal Questions n Law, still not certain.
--Anybody from Melbourne/Palm Bay? Any FL meets soon?
Appreciate any input! Thanks.
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Justa couple Q's on neons...
Question 1. What color of neon is illegal in our state? Im certain Red & Blue since they resemble emergency vehicle lights. Any others?
Queston 2. Also whatta bout interior neons? (Color, visibility??)
Searched n couldn't find any certain answers from anyone.
Posted my own thread in Legal Questions n Law, still not certain.
--Anybody from Melbourne/Palm Bay? Any FL meets soon?
Appreciate any input! Thanks.
Florida Represent. (321) lol
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Well, I'll help you out a little, there a couple from Melbourne/Palm Bay, but they are moving to Orlando... and meets don't happen so don't ever ask again =) lol. For your neons, cops here are kinda lax. I have 2 friends who run white neons, and I've been next to plenty of cops while driving with them on so... I thin your cool there, red and blue I wouldent touch... I've seen red though... If I were you I would install what you want and run them till soemone tells you otherwise, because I'll take the bet that you'll be ok with what you want =)
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thanks smuggler. Im probley goin ahead wit white.
As far as interior, on boring nights wit nothin to do (which is a typical night in melboring) I usually jus chill somewhere n if im wit my girl we watch a movie in the back seat heh. Would be nice wit a red or blue glow. I guess interior aint much an issue i probley wouldnt use them much when drivin anyway.
As far as interior, on boring nights wit nothin to do (which is a typical night in melboring) I usually jus chill somewhere n if im wit my girl we watch a movie in the back seat heh. Would be nice wit a red or blue glow. I guess interior aint much an issue i probley wouldnt use them much when drivin anyway.
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Rep Power: 287 Me and Shinobi04 are both from Palm bay Melbourne. I'm moving in a few days to Orlando. There aren't really any civic meets, the only meets are in orlando. I don't think I've seen you around, I don't remember anyways. I have a silver civic 01, 18 silver rims, exhaust and as far as I know I'm the only one in Palm bay/Melbourne with cleared headlights So what mods do you have thus far?
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Rep Power: 287 btw, as far as I know only red and blue. But you also have to be careful as to stay away from anything that even resembles blue or red (light blue, orange etc) Some cops can be dicks about it around here. Interior wise, when I had it blue and silver in my car, I had blue neons under the seats but they got annoying real quick lol. And my boyfriend once had red, so as long as cops can't see it i dont see why it would be a problem. I've seen a few people around town with blue and red...but then again their cars looked lame as hell.
Last edited by LilCivicGirlie; Jan 4, 2005 at 11:57 PM.
I've seen a lot of people with all diff. colors of interior neons here...just to be on the safe side, don't put em on while driving. Plus it'd probably be a distraction anyway.
BTW I drive a black 02 Acura RSX-S.
stock for now...
BTW I drive a black 02 Acura RSX-S.
stock for now... Last edited by Shinobi04; Jan 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Tara's faster than I
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Rep Power: 287 It's pretty easy to do, took me longer the first time I did it because it was my first time...I love em...because I still haven't seen anyone around town with em yet and I've seen some modded 01-03 civics. Woo hoo for me Whats your name? Yeah I graduated in 03 and patrick in 02. Heres our AIM, Taraaznprincess and Poorkidpat
Whats your name? Yeah I graduated in 03 and patrick in 02. Heres our AIM, Taraaznprincess and Poorkidpat Name: Calvin
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I kno u Tara by my sister. Her name is Michelle. In band together in school or somethin.
Have you seen that Black 7thGen around town, got his Turbo Gauges showin n green neons inside?! That thing is hott.
Well, I'm wonderin if u n Pat got time, maybe could help me wit clearin the headlights? I hate that lil orange plastic thing. $$$
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I kno u Tara by my sister. Her name is Michelle. In band together in school or somethin.
Have you seen that Black 7thGen around town, got his Turbo Gauges showin n green neons inside?! That thing is hott.
Well, I'm wonderin if u n Pat got time, maybe could help me wit clearin the headlights? I hate that lil orange plastic thing. $$$
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That's what I wanted, but since both my sisters got Civics, my parents wanted to be fair, so I gotta Civic too. Oh well, I'm havin fun wit it.
Once I pay off, Im tradin in as down payment on...Mercedes, Evo, StI...who knows.
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That's what I wanted, but since both my sisters got Civics, my parents wanted to be fair, so I gotta Civic too. Oh well, I'm havin fun wit it.
Once I pay off, Im tradin in as down payment on...Mercedes, Evo, StI...who knows.
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Rep Power: 397 ^noo dont say that you'll get flamed lol.. hopefully you can join us this spring break for tunr bash. e usually all get together then drive out there =)
I thought they weren't having Tuner Bash in Daytona?
and Calvin...I've seen that black Civic around...it has an Octane body kit right? And it was or is in a car club called 4th Dimension?
and Calvin...I've seen that black Civic around...it has an Octane body kit right? And it was or is in a car club called 4th Dimension?
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Well by state law all undercar neons are illegal doesnt matter the color. They are considered a distraction to other drivers. But most cops dont care really.
Interior neons are kinda illegal. If the cops can see the actual bulbs they can pull you over and give you a ticket (I got one of these bout 7 years ago in my high school day it was like $80). So dont put the neon on like headliner or wherever. If you stick them under your seat or on the floorboard they are fine.
Interior neons are kinda illegal. If the cops can see the actual bulbs they can pull you over and give you a ticket (I got one of these bout 7 years ago in my high school day it was like $80). So dont put the neon on like headliner or wherever. If you stick them under your seat or on the floorboard they are fine.
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Rep Power: 0 Chapter 316 Section 241:
316.241 Selling or using lamps or equipment.--
(1) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer or use upon any such vehicle any headlamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing, which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to the department and approved. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to equipment in actual use when this section is adopted or replacement parts therefor.
(2) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamp or device mentioned in this section which has been approved by the department unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.
(3) No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamps mentioned in this section unless said lamps are mounted, adjusted, and aimed in accordance with instructions of the department.
(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 195, ch. 99-248.
Thing about neons kinda..it doesnt say the word neon in it but this is where the cops get there info from.
Chapter 316 Section 2397
316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.--
(1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp or device thereon showing or displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front thereof except for certain vehicles hereinafter provided.
(2) It is expressly prohibited for any vehicle or equipment, except police vehicles, to show or display blue lights. However, vehicles owned, operated, or leased by the Department of Corrections may show or display blue lights when responding to emergencies.
(3) Vehicles of the fire department and fire patrol, including vehicles of volunteer firefighters as permitted under s. 316.2398, vehicles of medical staff physicians or technicians of medical facilities licensed by the state as authorized under s. 316.2398, ambulances as authorized under this chapter, and buses and taxicabs as authorized under s. 316.2399 are permitted to show or display red lights. Vehicles of the fire department, fire patrol, police vehicles, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal and county departments, public service corporations operated by private corporations, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as are designated or authorized by their respective department or the chief of police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of any county are hereby authorized to operate emergency lights and sirens in an emergency. Wreckers, mosquito control fog and spray vehicles, and emergency vehicles of governmental departments or public service corporations may show or display amber lights when in actual operation or when a hazard exists provided they are not used going to and from the scene of operation or hazard without specific authorization of a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency. Wreckers must use amber rotating or flashing lights while performing recoveries and loading on the roadside day or night, and may use such lights while towing a vehicle on wheel lifts, slings, or under reach if the operator of the wrecker deems such lights necessary. A flatbed, car carrier, or rollback may not use amber rotating or flashing lights when hauling a vehicle on the bed unless it creates a hazard to other motorists because of protruding objects. Further, escort vehicles may show or display amber lights when in the actual process of escorting overdimensioned equipment, material, or buildings as authorized by law. Vehicles of private watch, guard, or patrol agencies licensed pursuant to chapter 493 may show or display amber lights while patrolling condominium, cooperative, and private residential and business communities by which employed and which traverse public streets or highways.
(4) Road or street maintenance equipment, road or street maintenance vehicles, road service vehicles, refuse collection vehicles, petroleum tankers, and mail carrier vehicles may show or display amber lights when in operation or a hazard exists.
(5) Road maintenance and construction equipment and vehicles may display flashing white lights or flashing white strobe lights when in operation and where a hazard exists. Additionally, school buses and vehicles that are used to transport farm workers may display flashing white strobe lights.
(6) All lighting equipment heretofore referred to shall meet all requirements as set forth in s. 316.241.
(7) Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as a means of indicating a right or left turn, to change lanes, or to indicate that the vehicle is lawfully stopped or disabled upon the highway or except that the lamps authorized in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) and s. 316.235(5) are permitted to flash.
(8) Subsections (1) and (7) do not apply to police, fire, or authorized emergency vehicles while in the performance of their necessary duties.
(9) Flashing red lights may be used by emergency response vehicles of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health when responding to an emergency in the line of duty.
(10) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
So take it how you want but usally if your cool to a cop they wont give u a ticket. I was on the DMV web site for something else so i figured i would just grab this for you.
316.241 Selling or using lamps or equipment.--
(1) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer or use upon any such vehicle any headlamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing, which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to the department and approved. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to equipment in actual use when this section is adopted or replacement parts therefor.
(2) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamp or device mentioned in this section which has been approved by the department unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.
(3) No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer any lamps mentioned in this section unless said lamps are mounted, adjusted, and aimed in accordance with instructions of the department.
(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 195, ch. 99-248.
Thing about neons kinda..it doesnt say the word neon in it but this is where the cops get there info from.
Chapter 316 Section 2397
316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.--
(1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp or device thereon showing or displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front thereof except for certain vehicles hereinafter provided.
(2) It is expressly prohibited for any vehicle or equipment, except police vehicles, to show or display blue lights. However, vehicles owned, operated, or leased by the Department of Corrections may show or display blue lights when responding to emergencies.
(3) Vehicles of the fire department and fire patrol, including vehicles of volunteer firefighters as permitted under s. 316.2398, vehicles of medical staff physicians or technicians of medical facilities licensed by the state as authorized under s. 316.2398, ambulances as authorized under this chapter, and buses and taxicabs as authorized under s. 316.2399 are permitted to show or display red lights. Vehicles of the fire department, fire patrol, police vehicles, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal and county departments, public service corporations operated by private corporations, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as are designated or authorized by their respective department or the chief of police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of any county are hereby authorized to operate emergency lights and sirens in an emergency. Wreckers, mosquito control fog and spray vehicles, and emergency vehicles of governmental departments or public service corporations may show or display amber lights when in actual operation or when a hazard exists provided they are not used going to and from the scene of operation or hazard without specific authorization of a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency. Wreckers must use amber rotating or flashing lights while performing recoveries and loading on the roadside day or night, and may use such lights while towing a vehicle on wheel lifts, slings, or under reach if the operator of the wrecker deems such lights necessary. A flatbed, car carrier, or rollback may not use amber rotating or flashing lights when hauling a vehicle on the bed unless it creates a hazard to other motorists because of protruding objects. Further, escort vehicles may show or display amber lights when in the actual process of escorting overdimensioned equipment, material, or buildings as authorized by law. Vehicles of private watch, guard, or patrol agencies licensed pursuant to chapter 493 may show or display amber lights while patrolling condominium, cooperative, and private residential and business communities by which employed and which traverse public streets or highways.
(4) Road or street maintenance equipment, road or street maintenance vehicles, road service vehicles, refuse collection vehicles, petroleum tankers, and mail carrier vehicles may show or display amber lights when in operation or a hazard exists.
(5) Road maintenance and construction equipment and vehicles may display flashing white lights or flashing white strobe lights when in operation and where a hazard exists. Additionally, school buses and vehicles that are used to transport farm workers may display flashing white strobe lights.
(6) All lighting equipment heretofore referred to shall meet all requirements as set forth in s. 316.241.
(7) Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as a means of indicating a right or left turn, to change lanes, or to indicate that the vehicle is lawfully stopped or disabled upon the highway or except that the lamps authorized in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) and s. 316.235(5) are permitted to flash.
(8) Subsections (1) and (7) do not apply to police, fire, or authorized emergency vehicles while in the performance of their necessary duties.
(9) Flashing red lights may be used by emergency response vehicles of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health when responding to an emergency in the line of duty.
(10) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
So take it how you want but usally if your cool to a cop they wont give u a ticket. I was on the DMV web site for something else so i figured i would just grab this for you.
That's good stuff. I jus called up traffic enforcement to speak wit them directly. The sergeant wasn't there tho. He'll probley tell me exactly what u had in the post ^. Ha, but I try again later.
