Guess you can't ride in California if you have non-stock lighting on your bike. Utimately no tickets were issued.
oliceST:
http://youtu.be/zaRWElC4AiU
oliceST:
http://youtu.be/zaRWElC4AiU
+1. I've had a flashing Whelen LIN3 (police light) LED stop light on all of my bikes for the last 10 years. Never been stopped.that was more of a fishing expedition then anything if u ask me, it was more on seeing that they had motorcycle lic. and just dont go too crazy on aftermarket lighting.
Yeah, good point.that was more of a fishing expedition then anything if u ask me, it was more on seeing that they had motorcycle lic. and just dont go too crazy on aftermarket lighting.
Having designed Tail Lights for 23 years I know that the states are supposed to follow FMVSS regulations including the police , sheriff , traffic courts , etc. as well as us that designed the lamps . They have to meet a lot of light intensity outputs and a lot of test points out at certain angles . Blue and red lights to the front are not allowed , blue and white out the back are not allowed , even license plate white light can not be direct light out the back from the source. Covering the lamps with various filters , like dark smoke , and emblems are not legal because it alters the design intent of the lamp - the test points & intensities. The FMVSS design guide book is about an inch thick , chock full of regs. for all motor vehicles . It would be hard for LEOs to remember all that , let alone the rest of us , even us designers have to bone up on the book before we design a lamp ,or it gets produced and then doesn't pass testing - major bucks lost there and other serious business repercussions besides. I was always careful enough to design correctly and not cause a loss like that, and I designed them 23 years until retirement as a result but man , sometimes it was a lot to remember and also get it into a CAD system at the same time !
This and the "everybody else is doing it too" fuels the misconception that its not illegal to temper with OEM equipment and adding lights as one pleases...... "in the Grand Scheme of things"......there are lots more things to haggle over than this! Geeez!!!