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putting yellow bulbs in headlights are illegal??

konafocuswrc,Oct 21 2007, 11:44 PM Wrote:putting yellow bulbs in headlights are illegal??
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Yes and no.

http://www.canlii.org/on/laws/sta/h-8/20...whole.html

Quote:Lamps

Lamps required on all motor vehicles except motorcycles

      62.  (1)  When on a highway at any time from one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less, every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall carry three lighted lamps in a conspicuous position, one on each side of the front of the vehicle which shall display a white or amber light only, and one on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red light only.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (1).

Lamps required on motorcycles

      (2)  Subject to subsection (3), when on a highway at any time every motorcycle shall carry two lighted lamps in a conspicuous position, one on the front of the vehicle which shall display a white light only, and one on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red light only.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (2).

Idem

      (3)  When on a highway at any time every motorcycle with a side car shall carry a lighted lamp in a conspicuous position on each side of the front of the vehicle which lamps shall display a white or amber light only and a lighted lamp on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red light only.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (3).

Light requirement

      (4)  Any lamp required under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall, when lighted, be clearly visible at a distance of at least 150 metres from the front or rear, as the case may be.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (4).

Exception

      (5)  Despite subsections (2) and (3), where a motorcycle that was manufactured prior to the 1st day of January, 1970 is operated on a highway, the lighted lamps required under subsections (2) and (3) shall be required only during the period from one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise, or at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (5).

Strength of lamps

      (6)  Lamps on the front of a motor vehicle shall be so constructed, located, arranged and adjusted that when lighted as required by subsections (1), (2) and (3) they produce under normal atmospheric conditions and on a level road a driving light sufficient to render clearly discernible to the operator of the motor vehicle any person or vehicle on the highway within a distance of 110 metres ahead of the motor vehicle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (6).

Attachment that affects lamps prohibited

      (7)  No person shall drive upon a highway a motor vehicle if either or both of the lamps that are required on the front of the vehicle by subsections (1), (2) and (3),

         (a )    are coated or covered with a coloured material; or

         (b )    have been modified by the attachment to the lamps or the motor vehicle of any device that reduces the effective area of the lenses or the intensity of the beam of the lamps.  2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 19 (1).

So amber lights are permissible, providing that they are not reducing the candlepower of the lamps. THAT however, may be a judgement call by the cops. They also can assert that the bulbs themselves are "coated with a yellow material", so they have to be clear bulbs that throw a yellow light.

Colours other than white or amber are a problem, though.

wow thanks for the great info..
so i guess regular yellow bulb is illegal since it is coated with yellow thingy..

only choice could be 3000~3500k hid on mach projector..or hella..

yellow fog lights i can understand completely (i have them) but headlights? is it better visibility?

yellow does better job in bad weather..
i always wanted to get yellow..but california wasn't allowing that..

word? good to know i have yellow fog lights in SF no problems yet.. Lexus OEM fog lights are yellow also...

the reason yellow is better in bad weather is that the light is reflected less by the elements... which makes for better light... in normal condition this makes for a negative effect so having a supplementary light source with yellow is good but not as your primary light.

i meant yellow in headlight is illegal in california..

i don;t know what negative effect will be there if using on headlights..

well there are crap loads of guys with honduh's and Acrap-uras in my area that have yellow headlight bulbs, and they don't really get hasseled.

I have yellow headlight on my bike for many years now.
It's for better visibility, I mean for me to be better visible to some cage drivers as yellow looks different or even odd and attarcts a bit more attention.