Ticket for Yellow Headlights
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Ok, idk about moorhead. but it's well known in fargo that there legal, laways have been and the fargo attorney made note of it. Because ALL yellow headlight tickets were overturned when an officer was presented with them and explained there purpose.
So... Good luck fighting it.
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Wikipedia wrote:
The best known way to generate white light is by the process called incandescence, by a black body at various relatively-high temperatures. For example, the color of a black body at a temperature of 2,848 kelvin matches that produced by domestic incandescent light bulbs. It is said that the color temperature of such a light bulb is 2,848 K.[who?] The white light used in theatre illumination has a color temperature of about 3,200 K. Daylight can vary from a cool red up to a bluish 5,600 K. Not all black body radiation can be considered white light: the background radiation of the universe, to name an extreme example, is only a few kelvin and is quite invisible.Maybe Chucks onto something. My headlights are 2500 Kelvin.
Parker;297238 wrote:
Were you on a highway? What is the city's law in regard to this?
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Joel;297226 wrote:
Subd. 2. Colored light. Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner of public safety,
no vehicle shall be equipped, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon
any highway with any lamp or device displaying a red light or any colored light other than those
required or permitted in this chapter.Where does it say that yellow is not permitted? It says Red, Blue and strobe lights.
A durrrrr
"device displaying a red light or any colored light other than those required or permitted"
Uhhhhhh is yellow a color? I tinkss so
Id still fight it, just sayin! haha
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Eurofan;297242 wrote:
A durrrrr"device displaying a red light or any colored light other than those required or permitted"
Uhhhhhh is yellow a color? I tinkss so
Id still fight it, just sayin! haha
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well if your yellow lights are HIDs then they are illegal and i wouldn't try to fight it then but if they are hallogens then i would say fight it using some sources about how the visible light spectrum goes from yellow (most visible) all the way to a purple blue (least visible)....i think yellow fogs are great but not for headlights they are annoying....i have seen 3-4 cars around here with all yellow and i hate it you look like a safety nut not to mention ricey
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I'd say fight it.. you'd be out what, a few minutes of your time... Just try to think of a really good argument, shouldnt be too hard the wording is so vague, since it doesn't clearly state yellow lights are prohibited... You probably could just say it doesn't say it anywhere's...
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Sheeran;297248 wrote:
well if your yellow lights are HIDs then they are illegal and i wouldn't try to fight it then but if they are hallogens then i would say fight it using some sources about how the visible light spectrum goes from yellow (most visible) all the way to a purple blue (least visible)....i think yellow fogs are great but not for headlights they are annoying....i have seen 3-4 cars around here with all yellow and i hate it you look like a safety nut not to mention ricey
I use Stock Wattage Halogen bulbs in my OEM Housings. -
Didn't know having the best headlights for driving in extreme white conditions made you a saftey nut. Better bust out those old shitty bulbs guys.
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DrifterExtreme;297252 wrote:
Didn't know having the best headlights for driving in extreme white conditions made you a saftey nut. Better bust out those old shitty bulbs guys.
This.My truck is as ricey as a colorado can get. I even have a Licensce plate fram that says "I Heart JDM". I was driving around on Christmas eve and christmas day blowing snow, and the last thing I want is for someone not to be able to see my truck.
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Bp-08;297232 wrote:
DOT approved, your not going to win thisI'm a little late to this thread, but.... bullshit, Dot doesnt keep track of all the lighting equipment anymore (This directly from a States attorney). I got a 2 tickets ages ago, one for Non colored marker light, and one for Non colored clearance light, these tickets were given because a highway patrolman didn't like the fact that i had lighted <u>hood</u> sprayers (white in color). Took the patrolman to court after reading the lighting section of the laws, and the state attorney sided with me, and the patrolman argued his case, in the end the judge called a 10 minute recess and returned to settle the case in my favor. his exact words to the officer were "I don't care if his hood lights are pink, blue, green, red, or any other color of the rainbow, <u>the laws don't cover this issue</u>".
Now mine was obviously for hood lights, not headlights but i see nothing in the laws posted stating anything about yellow headlights being illegal, unless they are flashing (witch would be illegal). Fight it, a reasonable judge would toss that, if in-fact that is the complete lighting section for Minn. If you win be prepared for a cop with a hardon for you.
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Goodnbuzzd;297258 wrote:
I'm a little late to this thread, but.... bullshit, Dot doesnt keep track of all the lighting equipment anymore (This directly from a States attorney). I got a 2 tickets ages ago, one for Non colored marker light, and one for Non colored clearance light, these tickets were given because a highway patrolman didn't like the fact that i had lighted <u>hood</u> sprayers (white in color). Took the patrolman to court after reading the lighting section of the laws, and the state attorney sided with me, and the patrolman argued his case, in the end the judge called a 10 minute recess and returned to settle the case in my favor. his exact words to the officer were "I don't care if his hood lights are pink, blue, green, red, or any other color of the rainbow, <u>the laws don't cover this issue</u>".Now mine was obviously for hood lights, not headlights but i see nothing in the laws posted stating anything about yellow headlights being illegal, unless they are flashing (witch would be illegal). Fight it, a reasonable judge would toss that, if in-fact that is the complete lighting section for Minn. If you win be prepared for a cop with a hardon for you.
I do not frequent Moorhead, and when I do, I'm usually driving off the interstate south to my parents, and back to the interstate. Not too worried about this 25 year old cop having a vendetta against me. I just hope I geta good judge.
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Well just an fyi when I got my yellow bulbs years ago at tintmasters (don't know where you bought yours) on the case/packaging of the bulbs its says not DOT approved and for off road use only so...May not say you can't have them, but also I think having equipment that is 'up to code' is a requirement. Don't get me wrong, i rock the yellow bulbs and when I got my ticket before they decided they weren't going to give them out anymore all I did was put normal ones in, and get it wrote off. Then pop'ed em back in. lol
So basically...99.9% of those yellow bulbs are not DOT (Which sounds like you don't know what the Department of Transportation is?) approved. Much like lets say you have a scooter, modded, so it can go like 60ish MPH. You could drive on the highways and keep up with flow of traffic, but if you take a look on your tires you will see that they are not highway approved by the DOT...so illegal.
Nutshell: Fight it.
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yea in all honestly all the judge has to do is revert back to the fact that they are not "factory equipment" annnnd that makes them illegal.
you can get a ticket for altezzas because they are not factory equip.
you cannot get a ticket for a napa brand pvc pipe.
know and understand the difference. the police and judges can make things sound however they want.
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Fight it, I have yellow bulbs too and don't want to take them out.
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DelSlow;297266 wrote:
Well just an fyi when I got my yellow bulbs years ago at tintmasters (don't know where you bought yours) on the case/packaging of the bulbs its says not DOT approved and for off road use only so...May not say you can't have them, but also I think having equipment that is 'up to code' is a requirement. Don't get me wrong, i rock the yellow bulbs and when I got my ticket before they decided they weren't going to give them out anymore all I did was put normal ones in, and get it wrote off. Then pop'ed em back in. lolSo basically...99.9% of those yellow bulbs are not DOT (Which sounds like you don't know what the Department of Transportation is?) approved. Much like lets say you have a scooter, modded, so it can go like 60ish MPH. You could drive on the highways and keep up with flow of traffic, but if you take a look on your tires you will see that they are not highway approved by the DOT...so illegal.
Nutshell: Fight it.
I know what DOT is. What asked "What is DOT approved" I meant Which light is DOT Approved? Minnesota doesnt give out fix it tickets. they are just Tickets... Expensive ones. -
Then what about the cars with factory hids? its almost like a double negative hids are illegal, but if there factory equipped that makes it ok??
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smtomps1955;297275 wrote:
Then what about the cars with factory hids? its almost like a double negative hids are illegal, but if there factory equipped that makes it ok??
If the Vehicle has properly designed housings, then HID's are not blinding to oncoming traffic. Throwing a set of Drop in HID kits into stock headlight housings made for halogens doesnt give you a cut off, and is super annoying. Even Projector housing headlights that are designed for Halogens kill your eyes when driving(Shanes G5). Plus, Most laws don't apply to any OEM equiptment, its somewher eon the MN site, I just can't find it again.
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