light bars on trucks question.......
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:47 pm
Picking your head here......
Heres the story.
Went to see a guy today about mounting a light bar on a bull bar to the front of the truck. He said he could do it, but wanted me to know that it was illegal. He said that DOT law said that no car or truck on the road could exceed either 6 or 8(he was not sure the number) lights past the amount of factory lights pointing toward the front direction of the truck going down the road. I know thats wordy, basically he said that no one car could have more than 6-8 lights facing toward the way the car was going down the road.
Now, here comes the interesting part.....
He said that technically a light is counted by each bulb, and that with a light bar you counted each bulb in it. Therefore, a 20 inch light bulb that has say 40 bulbs in it(just taking a shot in the dark) would be considered illegal because of now you had 40 extra bulbs facing oncoming traffic. Even if its turned off, unless it is covered, has a DOT certified stamp on the side(KC brand is the only brand that makes a led light with that stamp), or has a fog covering over the front, the its illegal.
Now, I'm not asking if you have one, cause i know several do. I'm also not asking if you see them "all over town" because i do too. Im asking if anyone has ever heard of this.
The guy at the shop does all the wiring and puts all lights in for the county sheriff department and the city police department in my town, so he talks to the guys. also claims he has gotten his info from a cop himself showing him the rule in the DOT book.
Ever heard of this? Googled the dot rules but couldn't find anything. didn't look real hard either.
Carry on.
Justin
Heres the story.
Went to see a guy today about mounting a light bar on a bull bar to the front of the truck. He said he could do it, but wanted me to know that it was illegal. He said that DOT law said that no car or truck on the road could exceed either 6 or 8(he was not sure the number) lights past the amount of factory lights pointing toward the front direction of the truck going down the road. I know thats wordy, basically he said that no one car could have more than 6-8 lights facing toward the way the car was going down the road.
Now, here comes the interesting part.....
He said that technically a light is counted by each bulb, and that with a light bar you counted each bulb in it. Therefore, a 20 inch light bulb that has say 40 bulbs in it(just taking a shot in the dark) would be considered illegal because of now you had 40 extra bulbs facing oncoming traffic. Even if its turned off, unless it is covered, has a DOT certified stamp on the side(KC brand is the only brand that makes a led light with that stamp), or has a fog covering over the front, the its illegal.
Now, I'm not asking if you have one, cause i know several do. I'm also not asking if you see them "all over town" because i do too. Im asking if anyone has ever heard of this.
The guy at the shop does all the wiring and puts all lights in for the county sheriff department and the city police department in my town, so he talks to the guys. also claims he has gotten his info from a cop himself showing him the rule in the DOT book.
Ever heard of this? Googled the dot rules but couldn't find anything. didn't look real hard either.
Carry on.
Justin