Red Led Lights And Auto Lighting

I get this question a lot..

Are Led lights illegal on my car? Here or there.. On this??

Well guys, this is a tough question to answer. Due to the fact of so many variables that are brought into play. It's tough for to just generalize if that location is illegal in your location of driving and what not.

Boy oh boy, I hope you know the answer to this one. I know most state laws state that "as long as the lighting color is not the color of the justice program's lighting ( cop colors like red, white, and blue), than it is fine to use on your vehicle."

I have also heard that it is illegal to have lighting under the body of the car because it obstructs the view of other drivers. Sort of an attention getter in other words. So people say that when you hang your underbody neons, to hang them so that the rods physically are not visible but instead only the lighting is visible.

Which in my opinion, is how you would want them anyways.

The law that holds us back the most, is the one that states, "no lighting source should obstruct the views of other drivers." So catching the attention of other drivers is illegal to say it in complete simplicity. This pretty much out rules the WHOLE IDEA of underbody neons being fine to drive with on under the law.

Hate to burst a lot of bubbles with these laws, but they make it tough for these underbody neons. I myself drove with them on for a little while and it only took minutes for me to get pulled over in Minnesota here. Kind of sucks, but I can see the points behind all of the laws.

Even though they all have arguable points, there is usually no agreeing in the court of law. For ONE, cell phones are of the hugest distractions out there on the road.. yet there still legal to talk to people on.

I WOULD SAY, YOU BE THE JUDGE on if you think you can get away with it. It all comes down to the cops in the area in which your driving and a lot of other variables that you may not have your hands on to be able to change.

Here's another guide to seeing if neon underbody kits are legal or not. They really all say the same things that I already mentioned. Just figured that maybe another guide would help assure you.

To truly answer this, you really have to dig into your state laws for technical terms. The rule of thumb from what I have heard around the car scene is

- If the light is visible from outside the vehicle by the actual cops or other drivers, THAN it is a "distraction" to other drivers making it ILLEGAL.

Another one I have heard

- If the light colors are the same colors as the emergency vehicles, than it is illegal WHEN SEEN by others. Don't take this one wrong, and read it carefully. When seen by others is the thing that needs to be taken from this.

ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLE COLORS is a good rule of thumb with all of this lighting stuff. Interior Neon lights being legal is somewhat of a touchy topic and there are so many different opinions of drivers and police officers.

AGAIN, every state is different and this is not in stone BUT INSTEAD a rough idea of what the laws will regard. So let's jump in to figuring out, are led lights legal on outside of vehicles.

- In the rear of the vehicle, the colors need to be red. Meaning your running lights and or brake lights need to be red. If you don't trust me, test that. Once when I was a young teenager I thought it would be cool to clear out my tail lights so they were white. Within an hour, I got informed by law enforcement that wasn't going to fly.

- As far as the front and sides of the vehicle.. this is going to change up a lot with different state laws.

**All emergency vehicle lights are not good colors to try and experiment with. That being red and blue. I have heard that the color blue is banned in every state and that makes sense.

- As far as LED lights.. laws are stated for vehicles and seem darn picky about the leds, BUT then again we see manufactures putting them in stock for motorcycles and even a lot of new vehicles. The way I see it, why not have bright enough lights for us to see at night.. TOO BRIGHT OF LIGHTS is a different story, but that's a different topic.