ok i know, or i was told the yellow and white headlights are the only color headlighs you can legally have on your car. i was told yellow headlight are legal becuase it makes ice or black ice visable at night?????
does anyone know for a fact if its true, and what is the civil number or name of that law that permits it, i guess if i were to prove or show that the law exsist????

 

Ice in LA: Serious Business.

 

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ONLY WHITE! I was just pulled over a week ago for having yellow bulbs and I live in MN where it snows and where there's black ice. The officer (as stupid as she was) said they must be white, and so did like 2 other police officers.

 

yellow in cali seems to be ok.

CALIFORNIA CODES
VEHICLE CODE
SECTION 25950-25952


25950. This section applies to the color of lamps and to any
reflector exhibiting or reflecting perceptible light of 0.05 candela
or more per foot-candle of incident illumination. Unless provided
otherwise, the color of lamps and reflectors upon a vehicle shall be
as follows:
(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from
all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or
yellow, except as follows:
(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red
to the front.
(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the
color spectrum from white to yellow.
(3) An illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255,
shall emit radiation predominantly in the infrared region of the
electromagnetic spectrum. Any incidental visible light projecting to
the front of the vehicle shall be predominantly yellow to white.
Any incidental visible light projecting to the rear of the vehicle
shall be predominantly red. Any incidental visible light from an
illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall not
resemble any other required or permitted lighting device or official
traffic control device.
(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from
all reflectors, visible from the rear of a vehicle, shall be red
except as follows:
(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, may
show yellow to the rear.
(2) Turn signal lamps may show yellow to the rear.
(3) Front side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show
yellow to the rear.
(4) Backup lamps shall show white to the rear.
(5) The rearward facing portion of a front-mounted double-faced
turn signal lamp may show amber to the rear while the headlamps or
parking lamps are lighted, if the intensity of the light emitted is
not greater than the parking lamps and the turn signal function is
not impaired.
(6) A reflector meeting the requirements of, and installed in
accordance with, Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.
(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or
rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color,
provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all
reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup
lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible
from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle
shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the
unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color.
Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the
rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before
January 1, 1974.


Modified by skalleluia909 at 9:41 PM 9/9/2008


so 29950 section: A i would print this out and carry it in your glove box if your pulled over for yellow lamps.

this was found in http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html under vehicle codes. your welcome


Modified by skalleluia909 at 9:45 PM 9/9/2008

 

if yellows are illegal why would car come factory with them? lexus, mecedes, ect...

 

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Um, none of them do.

" (2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the
color spectrum from white to yellow."

 

right. but there is another section saying you cannot modify your headlights color or output (adding hid) chp says although you see better its still illegal. lol that has to be the dumbest thing ive heard.

 

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Adding a set of 55W HID flood lamps to the roof of the car will also let you see better, and prevent anyone else from being able to see while driving towards you.

Just because it makes it easier for you to see, doesn't mean it isn't dangerous for everyone else, and the law needs to take that into account.

For every person willing to take their time, and make a reasonable modification that helps them without hurting others, there are 40 idiots who make a similar mod in a terrible way, ruining it for everyone.

 

yellow headlights are not legal, unless they are fog lights.i just got a ticket for yellow head lights

 

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there illegal cause the lights dont shoot out straight there crooked so beam is shot off to the sides and such making it harder for other drivers to see

 

I got a ticket for yellow headlights... so did the 5 others who copied me

 

I think it depends on your state

Here in Florida I've seen all colors of the rainbow. Few of my friends have 32000k violet HIDs, one has green HIDs and the other has 3000k yellow HID's for daily driving. Florida's not that strict with lighting.

 

yellow, green, violet... all that craps looks retarded as hell for headlight use.