Blue lights can cost you...

[kaybeejay]

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_articl ... ryid=32200 Personally, I think blue lights are dumb on cars. I can see the arguement with the "impersonating an office" and if such a law exists, then it should be enforced. Jailtime is way too harsh, but a hefty fine would make people think twice about adding these stupid accessories.

[meathead333]

quote:"impersonating an office"i take it you meant to put an "r" at the end of that. but, i totally agree with you. enforce the laws or get rid of them.

[taupecat]

At first, I thought you were talking about the blue emergency-vehicle type lights used in some states. But these little decorations? Puh-leaze. That girl is getting totally nailed for nothing!I used to have a blue light (a REAL rotating one) when I was a volunteer fire fighter in NJ. You can get them there with a permit. I loved that so much, but alas, it was stolen along with my Honda shortly after moving to Wash. DC.

[kaybeejay]

quote:They make them in white, blue and other colors. I do not think they should be illegal. Anyone who can not tell the difference between those and a cop car is dense.I wouldn't say that. Once I was driving in front of a Ricer with those and for a split second I thought I got lit up by the CHP. After a moment, I realized that those lights were too small, but still.... the distinction for a split second was enough to make me sweat for a second.The vehicle code is pretty clear (depending on your state), there are basically only three allowable lights you can have on your car. (white, amber and red) There really needs to be laws in place to regulate those things, otherwise people will be driving around with neon lights and disco strobes on with no restrictions at all.

[meathead333]

all i am saying is that if something is illegal, enforce it then. yes, it may be stupid, but its still the law. ticketing some but not other give the wrong impression and is confussing and contradicting

[slbpsi63]

I usually side with law enforecement, but this is ridiculous. These lights are so small that they don't do much. There is a HUGE gifference between a car coming up behind your with these little lights compared to a real cop car with 5-8 lights strobing on the top of their car. This cop had an axe to grind. Poor girl will now have a record because she had 2 1/2 inch blue bulbs on her car? That sounds obsurd to me. Even if they are illegal the punishment is too harsh for a first time offender. I would think the ticket and them being removed would have been enough. But to ad on a $800 fine and a day in jail is overkill, don't you think?

[kaybeejay]

Blue is the shortest wavelength/highest frequency color of visible light,and, as such, scatters the most readily. When blue light strikes water (rain, fog, snow) it scatters in all directions and makes on-road vision very difficult. Blue also is a very difficult color of light to look at if it is at all intense...it stimulates the reaction we call "glare".From any appreciable distance, it's almost impossible for your eyes to see the blue lighted object as a sharply defined form.The edgesblur significantly.Canadian Vehicle Safety Standard #108 and #108.1 are the headlamp specifications for on-road use in Canada. Both specifications clearly state that all light issuing from the front of a motor vehicle for illumination purposes must be WHITE, WHITE-TO-YELLOW, or YELLOW. The US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, FMVSS108, contains the same requirement. HiD headlamps, which have a bluish appearance, are legal because they're not actually blue, they just appear more blue than the halogen lamps surrounding them. They are higher in blue and blue-green wavelengths than ordinary halogen bulbs, but this is specifically noted and approved in the above requirements.