observer

I received an email today warning those of us in California that DMV just changed the laws so that whenever you have windshield wipers on, you *must* have your headlights on. I've since done some research and found this webpage:

http://www.mrtraffic.com/2005.htm

Does anyone have more information about this?

CGTSX2004

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New law. Should have been like that anyway. Increases the visibility of your car to other cars on the road. Just a safety measure.

jlukja

So .... to take this further, if you mist and wipe your dirty windshield do you have to flash your lights?

Red-CL

Been a law in New Jersey for years now.

Red-CL

TSX 'R' US

same here in IL...

observer

Actually no. According to the webpage above, the actual law states: “every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, be operated with headlamps whenever weather conditions prevent a driver from clearly discerning a person or other motor vehicle on the highway from a distance of 1000 feet, or when driving in conditions that require windshield wipers to be in continuous use.”

jlukja

Whew ..... thanks, I was worried.

Smitty

and how many state troppers you know like getting out of their patrol car to write a ticket in the rain....??

smart law for CA... but is it really enforced in Jersey?

nothing like that in PA yet..but I still turn mine on when it is raining

Red-CL

In Jersey it's not one of those things they can pull you over for. (much like cell phone usage or not wearing seat belts)

But if you get pulled over for something else (ie.....speeding, running a light, accident, etc.....) They can/will add the wipers/cell phone/seatbelts charge to the ticket.

Sarlacc

Its been a state law up and down the east coast and mid west for years.

Its just smart driving, hell, they teach it to you in drivers ed.

People in cali are just fucking dumb....hardly anyone turns their lights on even at night......let alone rain...

fuck...in these huge rains we've had the last couple weeks I've seen some genius who are driving in hard rain with their brights on.......cause they are too stupid to realize its only making them more blind.

phile

If you're out on the highway, it's probably less noticeable to the police, but once you get into the towns and boroughs, that's where they get you.

Crazy88

I hate when people dont put there lights on in the rain or snow, cant see them worth shit. I also hate when the idiots forget to put on there headlights on around dusk.