Driving lights law for CA drivers

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Old Nov 5, 2001 | 11:58 PM
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Driving lights law for CA drivers

With all this talk of Foglights, here's the Vehicle code for the State of California. I'm too tired to decipher the damned law, but here u go u brave souls!

<a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=24001-25000&file=24400-24411"> California Car headlight laws</a>
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 12:08 AM
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LOL...all you CL'ers are in violation of CA state law .

24402. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two
auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less
than 16 inches nor more than 42 inches. Driving lamps are lamps
designed for supplementing the upper beam from headlamps and may not
be lighted with the lower beam.

Underneath it says fog lights are legal...but then again you guys don't have fog lights. :P
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 12:16 AM
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Actually, read a bit more and u TL'ers are in violation fo the FOGlight law.. Ur foglights aren't 12 inches or higher off the ground.
<i>24403. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two
foglamps which may be used with, but shall not be used in
substitution of, headlamps. Foglamps shall be mounted on the front
at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches and so
aimed 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
at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of four
inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes</i>

So I guess this means to be legal in CA and u want foglights with a CL, u gotta wire it so ur driving lamps are turned off when ur foglights go on. The blinkers don't count as a light under the "only 4 lights of this type on at once" section.
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