Are amber front running lights required in CA?
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Racer
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Are amber front running lights required in CA?
I cleared my headlights and removed the road lamps, now what I would like to do is use white or blue parking lights (194)to match the hid color and disconnect the amber parking lights (1157), but keeping the turn signals hooked up. This way all the front lights will be the same color but still blink amber.
Is this illegal in California? Are amber running lights required on the front?
Is this illegal in California? Are amber running lights required on the front?
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From: Orange County, CA
No it is not illegal, you need YELLOW REFLECTORS. The removal of the yellow diffuser in illegal in the entire US. You can have any color lights for the front blinkers, EXCEPT red. Running lights are legally only supposed to be used when the car is PARKED, they turn off when the car is on.
25106. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lighted white or
amber cowl or fender lamps on the front. Any vehicle may be equipped
with not more than one amber side lamp on each side near the front,
nor more than one red side lamp on each side near the rear. The
light source of each such lamp shall not exceed four standard
candlepower.
(b) Lamps meeting requirements established by the department for
side-marker or combination clearance and side-marker lamps may be
installed on the sides of vehicles at any location, but any lamp
installed within 24 inches of the rear of the vehicle shall be red,
and any lamp installed at any other location shall be amber.
25107. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two
cornering lamps designed and of sufficient intensity for the purpose
of revealing objects only in the direction of turn while the vehicle
is turning or while the turn signal lamps are operating to signal an
intention to turn. The lamps shall be designed so that no glaring
light is projected into the eyes of an approaching driver.
25108. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two
amber turn-signal pilot indicators mounted on the exterior. The
light output from any indicator shall not exceed five candlepower
unless a provision is made for operating the indicator at reduced
intensity during darkness in which event the light output shall not
exceed five candlepower during darkness or 15 candlepower at any
other time. The center of the beam shall be projected toward the
driver.
(b) Any vehicle may be equipped with pilot indicators visible from
the front to monitor the functioning or condition of parts essential
to the operation of the vehicle or of equipment attached to the
vehicle that is necessary for protection of the cargo or load. The
pilot indicators shall be steady-burning, having a projected lighted
lens area of not more than three-quarters of a square inch and have a
light output of not more than five candlepower. The pilot indicator
may be of any color except red.
Lighting Equipment Requirements
24252. (a) All lighting equipment of a required type installed on a vehicle shall at all times be maintained in good working order. Lamps shall be equipped with bulbs of the correct voltage rating corresponding to the nominal voltage at the lamp socket.
(b) The voltage at any tail, stop, license plate, side marker or clearance lamp socket on a vehicle shall not be less than 85 percent of the design voltage of the bulb. Voltage tests shall be conducted with the engine operating.
(c) Two or more lamp or reflector functions may be combined, provided each function subject to requirements established by the department meets such requirements.
(1) No turn signal lamp may be combined optically with a stoplamp unless the stoplamp is extinguished when the turn signal is flashing.
(2) No clearance lamp may be combined optically with any taillamp or identification lamp.
amber cowl or fender lamps on the front. Any vehicle may be equipped
with not more than one amber side lamp on each side near the front,
nor more than one red side lamp on each side near the rear. The
light source of each such lamp shall not exceed four standard
candlepower.
(b) Lamps meeting requirements established by the department for
side-marker or combination clearance and side-marker lamps may be
installed on the sides of vehicles at any location, but any lamp
installed within 24 inches of the rear of the vehicle shall be red,
and any lamp installed at any other location shall be amber.
25107. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two
cornering lamps designed and of sufficient intensity for the purpose
of revealing objects only in the direction of turn while the vehicle
is turning or while the turn signal lamps are operating to signal an
intention to turn. The lamps shall be designed so that no glaring
light is projected into the eyes of an approaching driver.
25108. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two
amber turn-signal pilot indicators mounted on the exterior. The
light output from any indicator shall not exceed five candlepower
unless a provision is made for operating the indicator at reduced
intensity during darkness in which event the light output shall not
exceed five candlepower during darkness or 15 candlepower at any
other time. The center of the beam shall be projected toward the
driver.
(b) Any vehicle may be equipped with pilot indicators visible from
the front to monitor the functioning or condition of parts essential
to the operation of the vehicle or of equipment attached to the
vehicle that is necessary for protection of the cargo or load. The
pilot indicators shall be steady-burning, having a projected lighted
lens area of not more than three-quarters of a square inch and have a
light output of not more than five candlepower. The pilot indicator
may be of any color except red.
Lighting Equipment Requirements
24252. (a) All lighting equipment of a required type installed on a vehicle shall at all times be maintained in good working order. Lamps shall be equipped with bulbs of the correct voltage rating corresponding to the nominal voltage at the lamp socket.
(b) The voltage at any tail, stop, license plate, side marker or clearance lamp socket on a vehicle shall not be less than 85 percent of the design voltage of the bulb. Voltage tests shall be conducted with the engine operating.
(c) Two or more lamp or reflector functions may be combined, provided each function subject to requirements established by the department meets such requirements.
(1) No turn signal lamp may be combined optically with a stoplamp unless the stoplamp is extinguished when the turn signal is flashing.
(2) No clearance lamp may be combined optically with any taillamp or identification lamp.
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Racer
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From: ca
"25106. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lighted white or
amber cowl or fender lamps on the front"
Thank's, that answered my question. but it doesn't mention the diffuser or did I miss that?
amber cowl or fender lamps on the front"
Thank's, that answered my question. but it doesn't mention the diffuser or did I miss that?
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From: Orange County, CA
Originally Posted by andyjl
what are running lights?
Americans use there running lights in the wrong intent by driving with them on (no headlights) when dusk is approaching. Don't get this confused with the 'vettes and some vans out there. There permanent running lights are mandated by the DOT because of the intensity of the bulb and lighting, allowing them to be run 24 hours in broad daylight and still being able to be seen.
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