Texas laws on extra lights (spotlights) on your vehicle.?
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Texas laws on extra lights (spotlights) on your vehicle.?
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I just bought 2 spot lights for my jeep. I was wondering. would I get a ticket if I drove with them on along with my normal headlights?
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polarbear
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I am not a state trooper, but I have had several encounters with Texas DPS on motorcycles, in trucks and 4WD vehicles; Its legal to have 4 headlamps and 2 foglamps on the front of the vehicle. Of the 4 headlamps you can be ticketed for running high beams into oncoming traffic (causing a hazard) on a two lane road. On a four lane median separated road, its the troopers discretion. The foglamps, or driving lights are generally placed lower than the front bumper. Any light mounted above the bumper, but lower than the plane of the hood is considered a headlamp and cannot exceed the stock rated OEM output wattage for that vehicle. If the driving lights are aimed incorrectly, or blind oncoming traffic, you can be ticketed for faulty equipment. Under the heading of spotlights, if the wattage exceeds that of the high beam headlamps, you can be ticketed for running them. If the spotlights are bar mounted above the cab of the vehicle, and they are faced forward, or faced rearward (blinding traffic following you) you can be ticketed for running them. |
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A1
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Yes
I assume you mean off road lights mounted on the roll bar or bumper. Now if you use fog lights and they are aimed down correctly and their candle power is below the law and OEM. In my state its like 55,000 candle power for headlights and driving lights....but spotlights are like a million candle power. |
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UCANTCME
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The Texas law is very simple I live in Texas)...........any motor vehicle that is on the road cannot have more than (4) lights on at one time, any additional spot or off road lights must have covers on them (but from all of the trucks that do have more on them its very seldom that they are stopped). You cannot drive on the roads using any type of stop lights or off road lights in the on position. |
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