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Speak Up! - View Question #649 |
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Question: What are the laws limiting the different color lights you can have on your tires or undercarriage of your car? Are under vehicle ground effect lights legal in Arizona?
Answer: There are many different extras you can add to your car to make it look really
cool, including several types of lights that attach to various places on your
car. Although these lights can make your car look cool, safety is one of the first
considerations for Arizona laws on this topic. There are very specific guidelines
in Arizona Law concerning colored lights and undercarriage or "Ground Effects"
lights.
Arizona law says (ARS §28-931) that any reflectors or lights mounted on
the front or front side of a car be "amber" which is a yellowish-orange
color. And any reflectors or lights on the back or side back must be red, except
for signal lights which must be red, yellow or amber. The light illuminating
the license plate must be white.
Arizona Law (ARS §28-940) also addresses other car and truck lighting
equipment. A car or truck cannot have:
- more than two side or fender lights and they must be amber or white color.
- more than one running board light on each side and they must be white or
amber color.
- more than two backup lamps (like a spotlight) but the backup lamps must
not be shining while the vehicle is in motion.
Also, Arizona Law (ARS §28-947) has restrictions on the type of headlights
you can have, and their brightness. And it is against Arizona Law for any car
other than an emergency vehicle to have a red or blue light visible from the
front of the vehicle.
So, Arizona Law allows you to have certain lights of certain colors on your
car, but you cannot put differently colored lights on the body, under carriage
or tires of your car. Safety is the priority, and colored lights can be distracting.
People's eyes need to be on the road instead of looking at cool lights in order
to avoid causing accidents.
Don't forget that some lights on your car are mandatory, like break lights,
turn signals and headlights. You can be pulled over if any of these lights aren't
working properly, so make sure to do regular maintenance on you car.
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On 11/25/03
Bernice from AZ said:
I think this whole law about the certain lights you have under your car are pretty rediculous!!!!! I really do follow the laws here in AZ, but the whole light thing is outta control!! Come on who wouldnt want cool affects like lights under car? Thats so awesome! I got a eclipse spyder, and im gettin blue lights under my car, do you really think this law is going to stop me from getting them???.....My point is that this law is not making any difference because people are selling them and people like me are buying them! Its a waste of time writing that law! SORRY BUT ITS TRUE!!!!! and i got lots
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On 11/22/03
Sean from AZ said:
Agreed. I can somewhat accept blue and red lights being reserved to emergency and poilice vehicles, but the restriction of frontal lights to amber or white has absolutely nothing to do with traffic safety and everything to do with legally enforced mainstream conformity. A very violation of an individual's rights to express themselves. Most indefinitely unconstitutional. Not to mention a pathetic and lowly way for the state to collect revenue by handing out tickets to otherwise innocent motorists and spending the money of tax payers to employ low end cops sitting in bushes with radar guns. Mone
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On 11/20/03
John from NJ said:
you're wrong. custom lights are a nuisance and a hazard. it's hard to drive at night now because everyone and their grandmother has replaced their regular headlights for super-hi-beams that blind any oncoming traffic. on top of that, those blinking, flashing blue and/or red lights DO distract people. imagine you're driving on the highway and someone with one of these lights pulls up behind you. now you're sitting there wondering if you're getting pulled over or it's just some moron with custom lights, and you're not paying as much attention to the road. stop trying to imitate the fast and the
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On 11/11/03
Justin from VA said:
I agree with the previous comment. Undercarrage lights should be permitted with certain colors. I can understand why other light fixtures on other portions of the car would be illegal, and I can see how those would be distractions. But under the car? When is the last time someone has their interior lights on in there car and you were too "distracted" to look where you were driving? Honestly, In my opinion, I believe the neons under the car make them more visible to people on the road, letting them know how wide the car is etc.
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On 10/20/03
Jennifer from AZ said:
Whether or not someone is looking at another cars lights is irrelivant. I have seen these lights on other cars and have briefly looked and commented on how cool they are, however, I have never been affixed on such lights. If you are so transposed on something another car has and not on the task at hand, such as driving, you should not have a license to drive. If you cause an accident due to this fixation, you should lose your license immediately.
I can appreciate the point about not being able to see the actual light from the front of a particular car, however, the lights themselves DO N
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