Interesting...
Feb. 5th, 2005 06:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfwingsSite talking about vehicle lighting, and colour/placement restrictions, in regards to the California Vehicle Code.
Specifically, the site claims (and searching the CVC posted on-line with Google searches, and reading the linked-to sections, I have to agree) that the commonly-held belief that blue and green are restricted colours doesn't appear to be true. There are no references I was able to find that mention anything about blue or green lighting on passenger vehicles, or restrictions regarding that colour usage on any vehicle in fact. The only time it speaks of green is in regards to traffic lights, and similair usages.
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drewkitty, any sections you can find that counter this general consensus, or the specific points the above-linked site brings up? Anyone at all?
Specifically, the site claims (and searching the CVC posted on-line with Google searches, and reading the linked-to sections, I have to agree) that the commonly-held belief that blue and green are restricted colours doesn't appear to be true. There are no references I was able to find that mention anything about blue or green lighting on passenger vehicles, or restrictions regarding that colour usage on any vehicle in fact. The only time it speaks of green is in regards to traffic lights, and similair usages.
drewkitty, any sections you can find that counter this general consensus, or the specific points the above-linked site brings up? Anyone at all?
24003 is what everyone, including most CHP, thinks is the catchall...
Date: 2005-02-06 02:34 pm (UTC)Vehicle With Unlawful Lamps
24003. No vehicle shall be equipped with any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted in this code, nor shall any lamp or illuminating device be mounted inside a vehicle unless specifically permitted by this code. This section does not apply to:
(a) Interior lamps such as door, brake and instrument lamps, and map, dash, and dome lamps designed and used for the purpose of illuminating the interior of the vehicle.
(b) Lamps needed in the operation or utilization of those vehicles mentioned in Section 25801, or vehicles used by public utilities in the repair or maintenance of their service, or used only for the illumination of cargo space of a vehicle while loading or unloading.
(c) Warning lamps mounted inside an authorized emergency vehicle and meeting requirements established by the department.
Amended Ch. 723, Stats. 1979. Effective January 1, 1980.
Since this whole topic of research is mostly for interior lighting I'm considering (since on the outside I plan to pick amber everywhere possible, the remainder being white and red only where required) 24003 is a point that debunking it led me to the initial site in the first place, especially since it has a radio-interview with an actual CHP officer. =^.^=